[Palliative surgical correction of respiratory insufficiency in diffusive pulmonary emphysema].

Related Articles [Palliative surgical correction of respiratory insufficiency in diffusive pulmonary emphysema]. Khirurgiia (Mosk). 2017;(10):52-56 Authors: Gorbunkov SD, Varlamov VV, Cherny SM, Lukina OV, Kiryukhina LD, Romanikhin AI, Zinchenko AV, Akopov AL Abstract AIM: To analyze early postoperative period in patients with diffuse pulmonary emphysema after palliative surgical correction of respiratory failure. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 196 patients who underwent bullectomy (n=111) and surgical reduction of pulmonary volume (n=85). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Overall morbidity and mortality were 40.8% and 12.2% respectively. Among patients older than 60 years these values were significantly higher (58.0% and 22.6% respectively). It was…
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