A randomized clinical trial of lung volume reduction surgery versus best medical care for patients with advanced emphysema: A two-year study from Canada

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 314-321

  Miller, John D ^a   Malthaner, Richard A ^b   Goldsmith, Charles H ^b   Goeree, Ronald ^b   Higgins, David ^b   Cox, P Gerard ^b   Tan, Lawrence ^b   Road, Jeremy D ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CANADA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29144433325     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.07.055     Document Type: Article

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