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 ...

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is the first Providence hospital in the San Fernando Valley to offer a minimally ...

At 12 months, the average improvement from baseline on the 10-point BODE index -- the study's primary endpoint -- was a similar -1.10 (SD 1.44) with LVRS and -0.82 (1.61) with BLVR (P=0.54), Sara ...

BARCELONA, Spain — For patients with emphysema who are suitable candidates for lung volume reduction surgery, there were no differences at 1 year in either lung function, dyspnea, or exercise capacity ...

Among patients with end-stage emphysema, lung volume reduction surgery was associated with significant improvements in clinical and quality-of-life outcomes at 1 year after treatment, researchers ...

LOS ANGELES—January 26, 2025—As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and with fewer ...

April 8, 2003 -- Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is beneficial for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to the results of a prospective cohort study published in the April ...

The first randomized controlled trial to compare two different lung volume reduction procedures for people with emphysema has found that both lead to similar improvements in lung function, ...

SEATTLE - An expensive and unproven surgical procedure for severe emphysema may be justified, but only for a limited group of patients, according to a prospective cost-benefit analysis of ...

Doctors at Temple Health recently completed a study that led to a breakthrough treatment for severe emphysema, the first treatment of its kind approved by the FDA. Emphysema is a type of chronic ...

Penn Highlands Healthcare is the first medical facility in the region to offer bronchoscopic lung volume reduction using the first lung valve approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pulmonx Corporation, a leader in therapeutic pulmonary device technologies, announced today that the 2020 update from the Global Initiative for Chronic ...