Lung-volume reduction surgery: A vanishing operation?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1412-1413

  Naunheim, Keith S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EMPHYSEMA; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249104337     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.01.050     Document Type: Editorial

References (2)

1. Lederer D.J., Thomashow B.M., Ginsburg M.E., Austin J.H., Bartels M.N., Yip C.K., et al. Lung volume reduction surgery for pulmonary emphysema: improvement of the body mass index, airflow obstruction, dyspnea, and exercise capacity index after 1 year. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 133 (2007) 1434-1438
2. National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group. Patients at high risk of death after lung-volume-reduction surgery. N Engl J Med 345 (2001) 1075-1083