Lung volume reduction for severe emphysema: Do we need a scalpel or a scope?

European Respiratory Review

Volumn 19, Issue 117, 2010, Pages 242-247

  van Raemdonck, D V ^a   Ninane, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SAINT PIERRE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Emphysema; Hyperinflation; Surgery; Volume reduction

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VOLUME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; PNEUMONECTOMY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 78249232856     PISSN: 09059180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09059180.00005810     Document Type: Review

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