Single-stage bilateral, video-assisted thoracoscopic lung volume reduction operation.
Lung volume reduction (LVR) produces significant clinical and objective improvement in selected patients with diffuse emphysema. Unilateral and bilateral approaches have been successfully employed. A median sternotomy approach is the standard for bilateral LVR, whereas video-assisted thoracoscopy has been used to perform unilateral LVR. Encouraging video-assisted thoracoscopic results with sequential, staged, bilateral LVR have been shown. This report describes an alternate technique of single-stage, bilateral LVR for end-stage emphysema.
Vigneswaran
W T
WT
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA.
Podbielski
F J
FJ
D004646:Emphysema / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D007902:Length of Stay; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D011187:Posture; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014741:Video Recording