COPD: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

COPD: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

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Citations

  1. Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (2011). Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of COPD. Available online: http://www.goldcopd.org/uploads/users/files/GOLD_Report_2011_Feb21.pdf.

  2. National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group (2003). A randomized trial comparing lung-volume reduction surgery with medical therapy for severe emphysema. New England Journal of Medicine, 348: 2059–2073.

  3. Washko GR, et al. (2008). The effect of lung volume reduction surgery on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 177(2): 164–169.

  4. Naunheim KS, et al. (2006). Long-term follow-up of patients receiving lung-volume-reduction surgery versus medical therapy for severe emphysema by the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 82(2): 431–443.

  5. Ciccone AM, et al. (2003). Long-term outcome of bilateral volume reduction in 250 consecutive patients with emphysema. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 125(3): 513–525.

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Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine
Ken Y. Yoneda, MD - Pulmonology
Last Updated:
November 29, 2011
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