Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for pulmonary emphysema: preliminary experience with a new NOVATECH endobronchial silicone one-way valve

Giovanni Galluccio; Gabriele Lucantoni

doi:10.1510/icvts.2010.236398

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for pulmonary emphysema: preliminary experience with a new NOVATECH endobronchial silicone one-way valve

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Aug;11(2):213-5. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.236398. Epub 2010 May 3.

Authors

Giovanni Galluccio¹, Gabriele Lucantoni

Affiliation

¹ Center of Thoracic Endoscopy, Carlo Forlanini Hospital, Piazza Carlo Forlanini 1, 00149 Rome, Italy.

PMID: 20439298
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.236398

Abstract

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction represents a new palliative technique for the treatment of severe emphysema. We report the case of a patient with severe pulmonary emphysema that was successfully treated by the placement of a new, removable, unidirectional endobronchial silicone valve.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bronchoscopy*
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / physiopathology
Lung / surgery*
Male
Pneumonectomy / instrumentation*
Prosthesis Design
Pulmonary Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Emphysema / physiopathology
Pulmonary Emphysema / surgery*
Recovery of Function
Severity of Illness Index
Stents*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome