title: Lung volume reduction: where do we stand?
abstract: The concept of lung volume resection (LVR) was introduced in 1995 for the treatment of end-stage emphysema patients utilizing stapled resection through a median stenotomy approach. This article discusses this procedure and the trials that have been instituted. LVR might prove to be a viable alternative treatment modality for selected, end-stage emphysema patients in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, 3635 Vista Avenue at Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110-0250, USA. naunheim@slu.edu
authors.forename: Keith S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Naunheim
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D013997:Time Factors