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SUBMITTER: Buttery S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6196851 | biostudies-other | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Buttery Sara S Kemp Samuel V SV Shah Pallav L PL Waller David D Jordan Simon S Lee John T JT Banya Winston W Steiner Michael C MC Hopkinson Nicholas S NS
BMJ open 20181017 10
<h4>Introduction</h4>Although lung volume reduction surgery and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with endobronchial valves have both been shown to improve lung function, exercise capacity and quality of life in appropriately selected patients with emphysema, there are no direct comparison data between the two procedures to inform clinical decision-making.<h4>Methods and analysis</h4>We describe the protocol of the CELEB study, a randomised controlled trial which will compare outcomes at 1 yea ...[more]