Comparison of short-term functional outcomes following unilateral and bilateral lung volume reduction surgery.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-1998
Abstract
STUDY OBJECTIVES: To compare short-term functional outcomes following unilateral and bilateral lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) performed in patients with advanced emphysema.
METHODS: LVRS was performed unilaterally in 32 patients and bilaterally in 119 patients. Pulmonary function testing and 6-min walk test (6MWT) were performed preoperatively and repeated at 3 to 6 months postoperatively.
RESULTS: Bilateral LVRS was associated with increased in-hospital mortality (10% vs 0%, p
CONCLUSIONS: Bilateral LVRS produces a greater magnitude of short-term functional improvement than does the unilateral procedure and should be considered the procedure of choice for most patients. Unilateral LVRS should be reserved for patients in whom factors contraindicating entrance into one hemithorax exist.
Volume
113
Issue
4
First Page
890
Last Page
895
ISSN
0012-3692
Published In/Presented At
Kotloff, R. M., Tino, G., Palevsky, H. I., Hansen-Flaschen, J., Wahl, P. M., Kaiser, L. R., & Bavaria, J. E. (1998). Comparison of short-term functional outcomes following unilateral and bilateral lung volume reduction surgery. Chest, 113(4), 890–895. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.113.4.890
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
9554621
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article