• Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Aug 2010

    Case Reports

    Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for pulmonary emphysema: preliminary experience with a new NOVATECH endobronchial silicone one-way valve.

    • Giovanni Galluccio and Gabriele Lucantoni.
    • Center of Thoracic Endoscopy, Carlo Forlanini Hospital, Piazza Carlo Forlanini 1, 00149 Rome, Italy.
    • Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Aug 1; 11 (2): 213-5.

    AbstractBronchoscopic lung volume reduction represents a new palliative technique for the treatment of severe emphysema. We report the case of a patient with severe pulmonary emphysema that was successfully treated by the placement of a new, removable, unidirectional endobronchial silicone valve.

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