Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Emphysema Treatment: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives

Table 3

Operative results of unilateral LVRS.

First; author	Year	Surgical; approach	Patients; (𝑁)	Mortality; (%)	Hospital stay	FEV1 increase (%)
Keenan [41]	1996	VATS	67	5.9	17	27
McKenna Jr [109]	1996	VATS	87	3.5	11.4	31
Keller [93]	1997	VATS	25	0	8.8	31
Argenziano [78]	1997	MS/VATS	28	3.6	—	28
Kotloff [43]	1998	MS/VATS	32	0	14.2	24
Geiser [152]	2001	VATS	28	0	—	18
Mineo [11]	2005	VATS	97	1.03	9*	36
Meyers [153]	2008	T/MS	43	2.3	8*	25

FEV₁: forced expiratory volume in one second; MS: median sternotomy; VATS: video-assisted thoracic surgery; T: thoracotomy; *median value.