Wayne Donald Peterson sat in the Gonda building with his portable oxygen concentrator resting by his feet. Peterson, who was previously on 7 liters of oxygen a minute, would only be able to take that ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) involves the removal of damaged lung tissue, which can help people with lung damage breathe more easily. Doctors tend to recommend LVRS to people with severe ...

Bakersfield Heart Hospital is the first in Central California to offer a new lung valve treatment for patients with severe COPD/emphysema. Recently approved by the FDA under their "Breakthrough ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- For people with emphysema, breathing in is hard because the lungs can't expand properly. In this week's Moves in Medicine, we learn about a procedure letting some emphysema ...

The first randomized controlled trial to compare two different lung volume reduction procedures for people with emphysema has found that both lead to similar improvements in lung function, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with end-stage emphysema, lung volume reduction surgery was associated with significant ...

The aim of insertion of endobronchial valves (also known as intrabronchial valves) to reduce lung volume in emphysema is to achieve atelectasis of selected lung segments. It uses an endoscopic ...

Almost 15.7 million people in the U.S. report they’ve been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One of the most ...

Emphysema is a chronic lung disease that typically happens with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In emphysema, the walls of the air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs weaken and disintegrate. This ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...