Relationship between pathologic characteristics of peripheral airways and outcome after lung volume reduction surgery in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Proc Am Thorac Soc. 2006 Aug;3(6):533-4. doi: 10.1513/pats.200603-088MS.

Authors

Frank C Sciurba¹, Fernando J Martinez, Robert M Rogers, Barry J Make, Gerald J Criner, Ruben M Cherniack, Sanjay A Patel, Fanny Chu, Harvey O Coxson, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Mark Elliot, James D Luketich, James C Hogg

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Emphysema Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Suite 1211, 3471 Fifth Avenue, PA 15213, USA. [email protected]

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Bronchi / pathology*
Humans
Pneumonectomy*
Postoperative Period
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / pathology*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / surgery
Severity of Illness Index
Treatment Outcome

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