Lung volume reduction surgery alters management of pulmonary nodules in patients with severe COPD

To examine the role of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in expanding the treatment options for patients with single pulmonary nodules and emphysema. Retrospective review of all patients undergoing LVRS at the University of Michigan between January 1995 and June 1996. Those undergoing simultaneou...

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Published in:	Chest Vol. 112; no. 6; p. 1494
Main Authors:	Ojo, T C, Martinez, F, Paine, 3rd, R, Christensen, P J, Curtis, J L, Weg, J G, Kazerooni, E A, Whyte, R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-12-1997
Subjects:	Aged Carcinoma, Bronchogenic - diagnosis Carcinoma, Bronchogenic - surgery Echocardiography Female Humans Lung - diagnostic imaging Lung Diseases, Obstructive - diagnosis Lung Diseases, Obstructive - surgery Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis Lung Neoplasms - surgery Male Middle Aged Pneumonectomy - methods Pneumonectomy - statistics & numerical data Radiography, Thoracic Respiratory Function Tests - statistics & numerical data Retrospective Studies Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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