Lung volume reduction surgery
BioGlue and Peri strips in lung volume reduction surgery : pilot randomised controlled trial
... One of the major complications of stapled LVRS is pro- longed air leak which occurs in 50–90% of the patients [3]. A number of adjuncts to prevent air leak have been advocated which include bovine pericardium, Gore-Tex ...
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BioGlue and Peri-strips in lung volume reduction surgery: pilot randomised controlled trial
... One of the major complications of stapled LVRS is pro- longed air leak which occurs in 50–90% of the patients [3]. A number of adjuncts to prevent air leak have been advocated which include bovine pericardium, Gore-Tex ...
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Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Respiratory Failure in Infants With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
... Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) can be performed in patients with severe emphysematous ...right lung was removed via sternotomy and right hemiclamshell ...right lung via ...
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Attitudes and access to lung volume reduction surgery for COPD: a survey by the British Thoracic Society
... for lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), whether a multidisciplinary meeting discussed eligibility of patients for LVRS and what the morbidity and mortality associated with the procedure ...
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Original Article Uniportal thoracoscopic lung volume reduction surgery using enhanced recovery protocol for patients with diffuse emphysema: a midterm follow-up
... Background: Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is effective for selected patients with heterogeneous emphysema, however, reports about its effect on homogeneous cases is ...resected ...
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Evidence of mycobacterial disease in COPD patients with lung volume reduction surgery; the importance of histological assessment of specimens: A cohort study
... Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) and bullectomy are surgical procedures directed at COPD patients in whom optimal medical treatment has failed to reduce their symp- ...improve lung ...
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Xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme gene polymorphisms predict response to lung volume reduction surgery
... Study enrollment and phenotype measurements in NETT have been reported [1,8]. Subjects enrolled in NETT had severe airflow obstruction (FEV 1 ≤ 45% predicted), hyper- inflation (total lung capacity ≥ 100% ...
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Effectiveness and efficacy of minimally invasive lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema
... expiratory volume (FEV 1 ), physical ability measured by cycle ergometry, and self-assessed quality of life for patients with valve implant- ation (six and twelve months after ...
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Several clinical interests regarding lung volume reduction surgery for severe emphysema: meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials
... of lung issue [2-5]. Lung volume reduction sur- gery(LVRS), which was initially introduced in 1957 by Brantigan [6] and developed by Cooper in 1993 [7], resects diseased and non-function ...
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Lung volume reduction for severe emphysema: do we need a scalpel or a scope?
... spirometry, lung volumes and quality of life ...when lung function deteriorates again [17, ...resectable lung cancer who have a favourable anatomy for lung volume reduction ...
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Lung Volume Reduction following Recurrent Pneumonia: An Unusual Finding in a COPD Patient
... whose lung function paradoxically improved following recurrent pneumonia, without lung volume reduction surgery ...the surgery because of the unsuitable anatomic distribution of ...
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<p>Patient Selection for Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction</p>
... include lung volume reduction surgery or lung transplantation; however, both treatments suffer from huge limitations related to the invasiveness of the procedure, scarce availability ...
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Efficacy of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction: a meta-analysis
... “lung volume reduction surgery”, “bronchial thermal vapor ablation”, and ...on lung functions (in specific, the forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV 1 ], ...
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Surgical approaches for lung volume reduction in emphysema
... this. Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) involves resecting the most emphysematous part of the lung to allow relatively healthier lung to be ventilated ...Operating lung ...
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Impact of intraoperative lung protective interventions in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery
... tidal volume were deliberately chosen to correct transient hypoxemia and ...the lung-protective proto- col and lowering the incidence of ...overall reduction in res- piratory complications and in ...
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Review of lung sealant technologies for lung volume reduction in pulmonary disease
... tissue defects were treated with sutures, wires and staples, and bleeding was controlled with cautery. Nowadays, adhesives and sealants are finding their place in surgery with different uses along with different ...
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Effectiveness of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction using unilateral endobronchial valve: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... Each stage, from the literature search to the application of selection criteria and data extraction, was independently undertaken by two researchers. Study selection was carried out by predefined inclusion/exclusion ...
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Comparison of “heart and lung volume absorbed dose” between electron and photon boost radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery
... dose of normal tissues, more importantly heart and lungs. In the study of Kovacs and colleagues on 78 patients, the photon and electron boost of radiation were compared and results were in favor of photon boost therapy ...
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A new functional method to choose the target lobe for lung volume reduction in emphysema – comparison with the conventional densitometric method
... delta volume over maximum volume of a lobe, was calculated using inspiratory and expiratory CT ...mean lung density (MLD), low attenuation volume (LAV), and 15th percentile of Hounsfield units ...
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Significant lung volume reduction with endobronchial valves in a patient despite the presence of microcollaterals masked by low-flow Chartis phenotype
... right lung to the highest point of the right diaphragm (267 ...right lung to the oblique fissure (161 ...expiratory volume was only ...the volume of the RML was ...right lung to the ...
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