Improvement in Pulmonary Function and Elastic Recoil after Lung-Reduction Surgery for Diffuse Emphysema

Abstract

Lung-reduction surgery can produce increases in the elastic recoil of the lung in patients with diffuse emphysema, leading to short-term improvement in dyspnea and exercise tolerance.

Keywords

Elastic recoilMedicineLung volume reduction surgeryLung volumesLungFunctional residual capacityPulmonary function testingPneumonectomySurgeryNuclear medicinePulmonary complianceCardiologyBalloonInternal medicine

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Pulmonary and Allergy Associates US

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Year: 1996
Type: article
Volume: 334
Issue: 17
Pages: 1095-1099
Citations: 461
Access: Closed

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                                    Frank C. Sciurba, 
                                
                                    Robert M. Rogers, 
                                
                                    Robert J. Keenan
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1996). 
                            Improvement in Pulmonary Function and Elastic Recoil after Lung-Reduction Surgery for Diffuse Emphysema. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 334
                            (17)
                            , 1095-1099.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199604253341704
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199604253341704