Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Contributors: Michael Argenziano (Editor); Mark E. Ginsburg (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: January 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780896038486
Subjects: Cardiothoracic surgery; Surgical techniques; Surgery - Thoracic; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Thoracic Surgery; Medical / Nursing; Treatment; Medical; Surgery; Medical / Surgery / General; Lungs; Emphysema, Pulmonary; Pneumonectomy
First sentence: Emphysema, the "abnormal permanent enlargement of the airspaces distal to the terminal bronchioles, accompanied by destruction of their walls and without obvious fibrosis," is the result of a complex pathophysiologic process that occurs in the setting of one or more of several risk factors, of which by far the most important is cigarette smoking.