Treatment of severe advanced emphysema with volume reduction using lung sealant: A case report of 2 patients

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-62

  Falkenstern Ge, Roger F ^a   Ingerl, Hermann ^a   Kohlhaeufl, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR); Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Lung volume reduction surgery

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SEALANT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG RESECTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84877912378     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e3182824782     Document Type: Article

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