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Early and long-term functional outcomes following lung volume reduction surgery
1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Clinics in Chest Medicine
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
In the past 3 years, lung volume reduction surgery has become the most controversial topic in the clinical management of patients with emphysema. Although literature has added to the understanding of the procedure, many important issues remain unclear. This article emphasizes functional and basic physiologic changes that occur following lung volume reduction surgery in patients with emphysema.