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Case Reports
. 2010 Aug;11(2):213-5.
doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.236398. Epub 2010 May 3.

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for pulmonary emphysema: preliminary experience with a new NOVATECH endobronchial silicone one-way valve

Giovanni Galluccio  1 , Gabriele Lucantoni
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Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for pulmonary emphysema: preliminary experience with a new NOVATECH endobronchial silicone one-way valve

Giovanni Galluccio et al. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction represents a new palliative technique for the treatment of severe emphysema. We report the case of a patient with severe pulmonary emphysema that was successfully treated by the placement of a new, removable, unidirectional endobronchial silicone valve.

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