title: [Role of surgery in the treatment of obstructive respiratory insufficiency].
abstract: Within 15 years, the prognosis of chronic obstructive respiratory failure has been deeply modified by advances in surgical treatment. In case of emphysema, lung volume reduction permits an improvement in the functional status in a significant number of patients, at least for several years. Moreover, lung transplantation, mainly single lung transplantation, provide currently an actuarial survival rate of 50% at five years.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie et Réanimation, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pariente
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000601:surgery*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*