2023年12月16日 · Lung volume reduction surgery helps some people with severe emphysema breathe easier. Diseased lung tissue is removed so the remaining tissue works better.

2024年11月20日 · Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a procedure designed to help you breathe easier when your lungs have been damaged by severe COPD. The goal of the surgery is to remove the area of the lung most affected by disease, allowing the remaining lung to function more efficiently, and improve your breathing ability and quality of life.

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a procedure that removes damaged parts of your lungs to reduce trapped air. The goal of LVRS is to improve lung function and reduce symptoms in people with COPD.

2024年8月11日 · Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is designed to improve breathing and quality of life in patients with severe emphysema, particularly those with upper lobe predominance and low exercise capacity.

2021年6月14日 · Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) involves the removal of damaged lung tissue, which can help people with lung damage breathe more easily. Doctors tend to recommend LVRS to people with severe...

2024年3月22日 · Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS, also called reduction pneumoplasty or bilateral pneumectomy) is a surgical technique that may be beneficial for some patients with advanced emphysema who have poor control of their disease despite maximal medical therapy.

2024年10月2日 · LVR can be done as a surgery or a procedure. LVR can help your lungs work better. When LVR is done as a surgery, a large area of damaged lung is removed. When LVR is done as a procedure, your doctor uses a bronchoscope. This is a thin tube that is used to look into your lungs and airways.

Lung volume reduction surgery is used to help some people with severe emphysema, a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), breathe easier. It’s very important for a multispecialty team of experts to identify and look at people who may benefit from this surgery.

2023年12月16日 · Mayo Clinic surgeons are experienced in doing lung volume reduction surgery by making several small incisions using a special scope, known as video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, or by making a large incision, known as a thoracotomy.

LVRS is a surgical treatment for emphysema that could dramatically improve symptoms and, in many cases, increase longevity. Watch a video in which Dr. Joseph B. Shrager speaks about emphysema and LVRS in detail. This newer surgical treatment that Dr. Shrager shares has substantially changed the way emphysema is in many cases treated.