title: Surgical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
abstract: Over the past several decades, a number of surgical techniques have been developed for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Many of these procedures have been abandoned because of lack of efficacy and/or high morbidity and mortality. At the present time, lung transplantation, reduction pneumoplasty for giant bullous emphysema, and lung volume reduction surgery are being performed in a number of centers. Data concerning the effectiveness of these procedures is accumulating and will ultimately need careful analysis to determine long-term outcomes in this group of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Louisiana State University Medical Center at Shreveport, 71130-3932, USA. kpayne@lsumc.edu
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Markewitz
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Owens
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D018579:Patient Selection; D011013:Pneumonectomy