<p>Patient Selection for Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction [Corrigendum]</p>

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction

Surgical lung volume reduction can improve exercise performance and forced expiratory volume in one second in patients with emphysema. However, the procedure is associated with a 5% mortality rate and a nonresponse rate of ,25%. Accordingly, interest has focused on alternative ways of reducing lung volume. Two principle approaches are used: collapse of the diseased area using blockers placed en...

Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction

The application of lung volume reduction surgery in clinical practice is limited by high postoperative morbidity and stringent selection criteria. This has been the impetus for the development of bronchoscopic approaches to lung volume reduction. A range of different techniques such as endobronchial blockers, airway bypass, endobronchial valves, thermal vapor ablation, biological sealants, and ...

Atelectasis and survival after bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for COPD.

Bronchoscopic therapies to reduce lung volumes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are intended to avoid the risks associated with lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) or to be used in patient groups in whom LVRS is not appropriate. Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) using endobronchial valves to target unilateral lobar occlusion can improve lung function and exercise capacity in p...

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for emphysema: where next?

E mphysema is an irreversible disease and although patients derive significant benefit from inhaled therapies [1] and pulmonary rehabilitation [2], many remain significantly disabled. The National Emphysema Treatment Trial of lung volume reduction clearly showed that in appropriately selected patients it is possible to improve lung function, exercise capacity, quality of life and survival [3, 4...

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction: a window for the future?