[A new surgical treatment with reduction of lung volume for severe pulmonary emphysema].
Current drug treatment of pulmonary emphysema has little effect on quality of life and duration of survival. Surgical treatment for patients with severe pulmonary emphysema was recently introduced; it consists of resection of lung tissue with poor ventilation and perfusion. Surgical reduction of lung volume improves the forced expiratory pressure per second by 80-100% from 0.8 to 1.51. This increases the exercise tolerance and improves the patient's functioning in everyday life. The postoperative mortality and morbidity are acceptable.
Stolk
J
J
Afd. Longziekten, Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden.
Versteegh
M I
MI
van der Peijl
I D
ID
Jaddoe
V W
VW
D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*