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    There are a few known surgical options for managing emphysema, including lung volume reduction surgery which removes severely damaged parts of the lungs to allow healthier tissue to expand better, conventional LVRS which resects the most affected areas through mini-thoracotomy, and placing tiny valves in passages to diseased lung areas which was found to have good results in 2006 but caused partial lung collapse in 7% of patients. The only cure is lung transplantation but few emphysema patients are physically strong enough to survive the surgery due to age, oxygen deprivation, and side effects of medications damaging other organs and requiring immunosuppressant drugs post-operation.

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    There are a few known surgical options for managing emphysema, including lung volume reduction surgery which removes severely damaged parts of the lungs to allow healthier tissue to expand better, conventional LVRS which resects the most affected areas through mini-thoracotomy, and placing tiny valves in passages to diseased lung areas which was found to have good results in 2006 but caused partial lung collapse in 7% of patients. The only cure is lung transplantation but few emphysema patients are physically strong enough to survive the surgery due to age, oxygen deprivation, and side effects of medications damaging other organs and requiring immunosuppressant drugs post-operation.

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    There are a few known surgical options for managing emphysema, including lung volume reduction surgery which removes severely damaged parts of the lungs to allow healthier tissue to expand better, conventional LVRS which resects the most affected areas through mini-thoracotomy, and placing tiny valves in passages to diseased lung areas which was found to have good results in 2006 but caused partial lung collapse in 7% of patients. The only cure is lung transplantation but few emphysema patients are physically strong enough to survive the surgery due to age, oxygen deprivation, and side effects of medications damaging other organs and requiring immunosuppressant drugs post-operation.

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    There are a few known surgical options for managing emphysema, including lung volume reduction surgery which removes severely damaged parts of the lungs to allow healthier tissue to expand better, conventional LVRS which resects the most affected areas through mini-thoracotomy, and placing tiny valves in passages to diseased lung areas which was found to have good results in 2006 but caused partial lung collapse in 7% of patients. The only cure is lung transplantation but few emphysema patients are physically strong enough to survive the surgery due to age, oxygen deprivation, and side effects of medications damaging other organs and requiring immunosuppressant drugs post-operation.

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    Surgical Management

    There is just a few known surgical management for Emphysema as of 2010.


    Below are what we have researched:

    Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a surgical procedure for COPD patients
    especially those with emphysema. Parts of the lung that are particularly damaged by
    emphysema are removed, allowing the remaining, relatively good lung to expand and
    work better. It can can improve the quality of life for certain carefully selected patients. It
    can be done by different methods, some of which are minimally invasive.

    Conventional LVRS involves resection of the most severely affected areas of


    emphysematous, non-bullous lung (aim is for 20-30%). This is a surgical option
    involving a mini-thoracotomy for patients suffering end stage COPD due to underlying
    emphysema, and can improve lung elastic recoil as well as diaphragmatic function.

    In July 2006 a new treatment, placing tiny valves in passages leading to diseased
    lung areas, was announced to have good results, but 7% of patients suffered partial
    lung collapse.

    The only known "cure" for emphysema is lung transplant, but “few” patients are
    strong enough physically to survive the surgery. The combination of a patient's age,
    oxygen deprivation and the side-effects of the medications used to treat emphysema
    cause damage to the kidneys, heart and other organs. Surgical transplantation also
    requires the patient to take an anti-rejection drug regimen which suppresses the
    immune system, and can lead to microbial infection of the patient. Patients who think
    they may have contracted the disease are recommended to seek medical attention as
    soon as possible.

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