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SUBMITTER: Criner GJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3208657 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Criner Gerard J GJ Cordova Francis F Sternberg Alice L AL Martinez Fernando J FJ
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 20111001 8
Substantial information regarding the role of lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in severe emphysema emanates from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT). The NETT was not a crossover trial and therefore was able to examine the effects of optimal medical management and LVRS on short- and long-term survival,as well as lung function, exercise performance, and quality of life.The NETT generated multiple insights into the preoperative, perioperative,and postoperative management of patients ...[more]