Open AccessPatients at High Risk of Death after Lung-Volume–Reduction Surgery
Author(s) -
Alfred P. Fishman,
H Fessler,
Fernando J. Martínez,
Robert J. McKenna,
Keith S. Naunheim,
Steven Piantadosi,
Gail Weinmann,
Robert A. Wise
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa11798
Subject(s) - medicine , lung volume reduction surgery , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , surgery , lung volumes , relative risk , lung
Lung-volume-reduction surgery is a proposed treatment for emphysema, but optimal selection criteria have not been defined. The National Emphysema Treatment Trial is a randomized, multicenter clinical trial comparing lung-volume-reduction surgery with medical treatment.
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