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Lung volume reduction surgery for severe emphysema increases exercise capacity but not does not affect mortality
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  1. P Lawson
  1. Specialist Registrar in Respiratory Medicine, East Anglia, UK, piplawson@yahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax.58.8.720

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    ▴ National Emphysema Treatment Trial Research Group. A randomized trial comparing lung-volume reduction surgery with medical therapy for severe emphysema. N Engl J Med2003;348:2059–73
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    This was a randomised multicentre trial comparing lung volume reduction surgery with continuing medical treatment in patients with severe emphysema (n=538 and 540, respectively, after exclusions). The primary outcomes were mortality and maximal exercise capacity 2 years after randomisation.

    Overall mortality was similar in …

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