Lung-volume reduction in parallel with coronary heart surgery: a case report

Oto O., Hazan E., Silistreli E. E., Erturk M., Catalyurek H. H., Acikel U.

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH, cilt.26, sa.5, ss.266-269, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 1998
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/030006059802600507
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.266-269
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: emphysema, coronary revascularization, coronary bypass, lung-volume reduction, EMPHYSEMA
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

For patients with severe disabling emphysema, lung-volume reduction surgery has recently been introduced as an alternative to transplantation. Performing parenchyma resection from appropriate areas can improve pulmonary functions in selected patients having severe emphysema with a flattened diaphragm. We report the case of a patient, who urgently needed coronary revascularization and was otherwise inoperable because of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We carried out lung-volume reduction surgery at the same time as the coronary bypass.