Muscle-sparing anterior thoracotomy for one-stage bilateral lung volume reduction operation.
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Abstract
Bilateral lung volume reduction produces significant clinical and physiologic improvement in selected patients with end-stage emphysema. Current surgical approaches consist of median sternotomy and video-assisted thoracoscopy. This report describes an alternate technique of single-stage, bilateral lung volume reduction using muscle-sparing anterior thoracotomy in 18 patients with severe lung emphysema.
Medical subject headings
- Pneumonectomy
- Pulmonary Emphysema
- Sternum