As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and with fewer complications than they did ...

Q: My mother has severe emphysema. Medication and oxygen therapy aren’t helping much anymore. Are there any good surgical options? A: Emphysema is a long-term lung problem that makes it harder and ...

A landmark clinical trial has demonstrated the benefit of a controversial lung surgery, offering a potential treatment for some of those most severely afflicted with emphysema. Medicare stopped paying ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, July 27 (Praxis Press) Lung-volume-reduction surgery is thought to improve lung function, walking distance, and quality of life in patients with severe emphysema, but the benefits of this ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- For people with emphysema, breathing in is hard because the lungs can't expand properly. In this week's Moves in Medicine, we learn about a procedure letting some emphysema ...

The National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) was a multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing the efficacy of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) plus medical management with ...

Surgically removing part of the lungs improves the day-to-day functioning and quality of life of some people suffering from the lung disease emphysema and may even prolong their lives, according to ...

A controversial surgical treatment for emphysema results in a high death rate for some patients, according to early results from a nationwide study of treatments for the illness. The study tracked ...

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)- A woman with emphysema, who has struggled to breathe for years, is amazed at how much better she feels. She credits three tiny valves placed in her damaged lung through her mouth ...

Surgery in which doctors remove diseased portions of the lungs clearly helps some people with emphysema, a new study finds. But the likelihood of benefit depends on the location of the damaged tissues ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be the first in the state to offer a minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative for patients with emphysema. The procedure, called Endobronchial Lung Volume ...