As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and with fewer complications than they did ...

Thirty patients were studied. The average age of this group was forty-eight years (range, thirty-four to sixty years). Anatomic chronic emphysema was excluded on the basis of history and physical ...

To study further the possible benefit of steroid treatment, we have investigated in a double-blind, controlled manner the effect of prednisone in 10 patients with severe pulmonary emphysema.