Lung volume reduction surgery is safe and leads to functional improvement in patients who fail or cannot undergo bronchoscopic lung volume reductionCentral MessagePerspective

Lung volume reduction surgery is safe and leads to functional improvement in patients who fail or cannot undergo bronchoscopic lung volume reductionCentral MessagePerspective

Background: Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) has supplanted surgery in the treatment of patients with advanced emphysema, but not all patients qualify for it. Our study aimed to investigate the outcomes of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) among patients who either failed BLVR or were n...

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Main Authors: Jessica Magarinos, MD, Aron Egelko, MD, Gerard J. Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP, Abbas Abbas, MD, Nosayaba Enofe, MD, JiJi Thomas, MBBS, Kevin Carney, MSN, CRNP, CCTC, Joseph Friedberg, MD, FACS, Charles Bakhos, MD, MBA, MS, FACS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-04-01
Series:JTCVS Open
Subjects:
emphysema
surgery
bronchoscopy
outcomes
lung volume reduction
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273624000391

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