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Abstract: We evaluated various preoperative and operative factors to identify the predictors of improvement in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) after lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS). Fifty-eight emphysema patients received bilateral LVRS either via a sternotomy (n = 53) or by thoracoscopy (n = 5). The patients were divided into the following two groups: group I (n = 17), patients whose...
Background. Lung volume reduction surgery either via sternotomy or by thoracoscopy has been demonstrated to be effective for selected emphysema patients in North America and Europe. The present study summarizes short-term results of bilateral lung volume reduction performed via median sternotomy for the first consecutive 39 patients with severe diffuse emphysema in Okayama, Japan, from July 1995 to...
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