Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) involves the removal of damaged lung tissue, which can help people with lung damage breathe more easily. Doctors tend to recommend LVRS to people with severe ...

PHILADELPPHIA (WPVI) -- When emphysema develops, the lungs lose their ability for two-way airflow. A strategic surgery helps patients breathe easier, and it is drawing people here from far and wide to ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) can have a significantly beneficial effect in patients with severe emphysema, according to the first ever study to randomize emphysema patients to receive either ...

BARCELONA, Spain — For patients with emphysema who are suitable candidates for lung volume reduction surgery, there were no differences at 1 year in either lung function, dyspnea, or exercise capacity ...

The patients selected for bronchoscopic lung volume reduction were younger compared with those who were not, the investigators said. Investigators from the Netherlands conducted a retrospective ...

Doctors at Temple Health recently completed a study that led to a breakthrough treatment for severe emphysema, the first treatment of its kind approved by the FDA. Emphysema is a type of chronic ...

Lung volume reduction surgery provides immediate and prolonged improvement of static volumes, exercise capacity, and quality of life over maximal medical therapy, including rehabilitation.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Memorial Medical Center received recertification for its lung volume reduction surgery program. Lung volume reduction surgery offers an improvement for patients who suffer ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for ...

New York, NY -- The National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT), in which Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a major participant, has found that certain advanced ...

The first randomized controlled trial to compare two different lung volume reduction procedures for people with emphysema has found that both lead to similar improvements in lung function, ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...