Historical perspectives.

Autor: Cetindag IB; Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 800 N. Rutledge, Room D319, P.O. Box 19638, Springfield, IL 62794-9638, USA., Hofmann PM, Hazelrigg SR
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Chest surgery clinics of North America [Chest Surg Clin N Am] 2003 Nov; Vol. 13 (4), pp. 583-8, v.
DOI: 10.1016/s1052-3359(03)00096-6
Abstrakt: The history of surgery for emphysema is filled with numerous surgical attempts to improve the disorder. Although many of these procedures have proved to be futile, lung volume reduction surgery has now arrived. This article outlines the progression of procedures and the logic for which they were thought to be of benefit.
Databáze: MEDLINE