Q: My mother has severe emphysema. Medication and oxygen therapy aren’t helping much anymore. Are there any good surgical options? A: Emphysema is a long-term lung problem that makes it harder and ...

A landmark clinical trial has demonstrated the benefit of a controversial lung surgery, offering a potential treatment for some of those most severely afflicted with emphysema. Medicare stopped paying ...

The National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT) was a multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial comparing the efficacy of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) plus medical management with ...

A controversial surgical treatment for emphysema results in a high death rate for some patients, according to early results from a nationwide study of treatments for the illness. The study tracked ...

NEW YORK, July 27 (Praxis Press) Lung-volume-reduction surgery is thought to improve lung function, walking distance, and quality of life in patients with severe emphysema, but the benefits of this ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- For people with emphysema, breathing in is hard because the lungs can't expand properly. In this week's Moves in Medicine, we learn about a procedure letting some emphysema ...

Surgically removing part of the lungs improves the day-to-day functioning and quality of life of some people suffering from the lung disease emphysema and may even prolong their lives, according to ...

Surgery in which doctors remove diseased portions of the lungs clearly helps some people with emphysema, a new study finds. But the likelihood of benefit depends on the location of the damaged tissues ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My husband is 66 years old and has emphysema that only continues to get worse. Doctors are talking to him about lung volume reduction surgery. What is that and how much benefit can ...

St. Louis, March 25, 2003 -- A procedure known as lung-volume reduction surgery (LVRS) appears to improve overall health and quality of life for individuals with end-stage emphysema, and these effects ...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will be the first in the state to offer a minimally invasive, non-surgical alternative for patients with emphysema. The procedure, called Endobronchial Lung Volume ...