title: Historical perspectives.
abstract: The history of surgery for emphysema is filled with numerous surgical attempts to improve the disorder. Although many of these procedures have proved to be futile, lung volume reduction surgery has now arrived. This article outlines the progression of procedures and the logic for which they were thought to be of benefit.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 800 N. Rutledge, Room D319, P.O. Box 19638, Springfield, IL 62794-9638, USA.
authors.forename: Ibrahim Bulent
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Cetindag
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Hazelrigg
mesh_terms: D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*