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A prospective analysis of the inter-relationship between lung volume reduction surgery and body mass index☆☆☆

Author(s) -

Paul Vaughan,

Inger Oey,

Michael Steiner,

Mike Morgan,

David Waller

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.09.016

Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , underweight , body mass index , perioperative , prospective cohort study , dlco , copd , surgery , lung , lung function , diffusing capacity

LVRS is thought to result in significant improvements in BMI. Patients with a higher BMI at the time of diagnosis of COPD are known to have better survival, and those with a low BMI prior to LVRS have significantly worse perioperative morbidity. We aimed to assess the influence of BMI on the outcome of LVRS in our own experience.

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