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. 1998 Aug;66(2):582-4; discussion 584-5.
doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00479-2.

Muscle-sparing anterior thoracotomy for one-stage bilateral lung volume reduction operation

M de Perrot  1 , M Licker, A Spiliopoulos
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Muscle-sparing anterior thoracotomy for one-stage bilateral lung volume reduction operation

M de Perrot et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Aug.

Abstract

Bilateral lung volume reduction produces significant clinical and physiologic improvement in selected patients with end-stage emphysema. Current surgical approaches consist of median sternotomy and video-assisted thoracoscopy. This report describes an alternate technique of single-stage, bilateral lung volume reduction using muscle-sparing anterior thoracotomy in 18 patients with severe lung emphysema.

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