Patients at High Risk of Death after Lung-Volume–Reduction Surgery
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- 11 October 2001
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 345 (15), 1075-1083
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa11798
Abstract
Lung-volume–reduction surgery is a proposed treatment for emphysema, but optimal selection criteria have not been defined. The National Emphysema Treatment Trial is a randomized, multicenter clinical trial comparing lung-volume–reduction surgery with medical treatment.Keywords
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