Lung volume reduction procedures are an established evidence-based aspect of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...

PHILADELPPHIA (WPVI) -- When emphysema develops, the lungs lose their ability for two-way airflow. A strategic surgery helps patients breathe easier, and it is drawing people here from far and wide to ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- For people with emphysema, breathing in is hard because the lungs can't expand properly. In this week's Moves in Medicine, we learn about a procedure letting some emphysema ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and with fewer complications than they did ...

Vertebral fractures — quantified using the spinal deformity index — were associated with lower percent predicted and absolute values of forced vital capacity (FVC) and total lung capacity (TLC) in ...

Quantitative lung texture analysis using Computer-Aided Lung Informatics for Pathology Evaluation and Rating is strongly associated with high-resolution CT.

Doctors sometimes recommend lung coils to help someone manage severe emphysema, especially when other treatments have been unsuccessful. Their benefits include increased lung volume, exercise capacity ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received an endobronchial valve vs. lung volume reduction surgery had significantly heightened odds ...

Earlier studies have shown that dose-escalated chemoradiation treatment with target volume restricted by ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) was safe and effective in ...

Diaphragm position on neonatal bedside chest radiograph appeared to be a poor surrogate for aerated lung volume and expansion, with a weak correlation to CT scan calculations. Bedside chest radiograph ...