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Successful Treatment of a Giant Emphysematous Bulla with an Endobronchial Valve in a Patient with Contralateral Lung Cancer

Patients with severe emphysema have a higher risk of developing lung cancer, and their surgical risk increases when emphysema is accompanied by a giant bulla. Here, we describe a patient who had an emphysematous giant bulla in the right upper lobe that was treated with an endobronchial valve placeme...

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Autores principales: Jeon, Chang-Seok, Kim, Jhingook, Kim, Hojoong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5548211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28795040
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.4.305