Endobronchial Coils for Severe Emphysema Are Effective Up to 12 Months following Treatment: Medium Term and Cross-Over Results from a Randomised Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND: There is a clinical need for therapeutic options to reduce hyperinflation associated with severe emphysema. Endobronchial Coils (coils) are nitinol devices implanted bronchoscopically under fluoroscopic guidance to re-tension the lung. We report the medium term effectiveness and safety o...

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Autores principales: Zoumot, Zaid, Kemp, Samuel V., Singh, Suveer, Bicknell, Stephen R., McNulty, William H., Hopkinson, Nicholas S., Ross, Ewen T., Shah, Pallav L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4390222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25853697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0122656

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