Review Article
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Emphysema Treatment: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives
Table 2
Perioperative results of randomized studies on LVRS.
| First author | Year | Total/ surgical arm () | Surgical approach | LVRS method | LVRS extension | Operative mortality (%) | Morbidity (%) | Hospital stay (mean) |
| Criner [14] | 1999 | 37/32 | MS | Resectional | Bilateral | 9.4 | 15.6M | — | Geddes [15] | 2000 | 48/23 | MS/VATS | Resectional | Bilateral | 17 | 22A | 19 | Pompeo [16] | 2000 | 60/30 | VATS | Resectional | Unilateral/bilateral | 3.3 | 53A | 13.6 | Goldstein [17] | 2003 | 55/28 | VATS/MS | Resectional | Bilateral/unilateral | 7.1 | 14.2M | — |
DeCamp Jr [22] | 2008 | 1218/608 | MS/VATS | Resectional | Bilateral | 5.2 | 58.7A | — |
Hillerdal [18] | 2005 | 105/49 | MS/VATS | Resectional | Bilateral | 12 | — | — | Miller [19] |
2006 | 93/54 | MS/VATS | Resectional | Bilateral | 1.5 | — | 12–22 |
Pompeo [20] |
2012 | 63/31* | VATS | Resectional | Unilateral | 3.2 | 48.3A | 7.5° | 63/32* | AVATS | Nonresectional | Unilateral | 0 | 18.7A | 6° |
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LVRS: lung volume reduction; MS: median sternotomy; MS: median sternotomy; VATS: video-assisted thoracic surgery; AVATS: awake VATS; *both arms were surgical. AAll events; Mmajor morbidity; °median value.
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