title: Pulmonary rehabilitation in patients undergoing lung-volume reduction surgery.
abstract: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the most common form of primary pulmonary disability. Few effective treatment options exist for it, but recently, lung-volume reduction surgery (LVRS) has been shown to be effective in selected patients with emphysema. Pulmonary rehabilitation is an integral part of the preparation for and recovery from the procedure and has significant benefit in helping to improve the quality of life and conditioning of patients with COPD who undergo LVRS.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  (a) To describe the role of pulmonary rehabilitation in LVRS, (b) to understand the components of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program, and (c) to describe the effects of a pulmonary rehabilitation program.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA. mnb4@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Matthew N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Bartels
authors.forename: Heakyung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jonathan H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Whiteson
authors.forename: Augusta S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Alba
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000458:organization & administration; D016896:Treatment Outcome