The St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) is a validated, commonly used
questionnaire for measuring quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the major causes of disability and
mortality. The efficacy of maximal medical treatment, although effective at the early stages of …

Background Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (LVR) could significantly improve
pulmonary function and quality of life in patients with emphysema. We aimed to assess the …

BACKGROUND Increasing randomized controlled trials (RCTs) indicate that bronchoscopic
lung volume reduction (BLVR) is effective for severe emphysema. In this meta-analysis, we …

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is used to treat advanced emphysema that is
refractory to maximal medical therapy. 1 The National Emphysema Treatment Trials (NETT) …

Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is mandatory before bronchoscopy lung volume
reduction (BLVR); there is scant information about its efficacy post-BLVR. We retrospectively …

Introduction The goal of our systematic review and meta-analysis is to examine the
therapeutic effectiveness of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR), and to compare it …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by two entities, the more
airway-predominant type (“bronchitis”) on the one hand, and emphysema-predominant type …

There has been a surge of interest in endoscopic lung volume reduction (ELVR) strategies
for advanced COPD. Valve implants, coil implants, biological LVR (BioLVR), bronchial …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a condition characterized by progressive airflow
limitation caused by airway and parenchymal inflammation. Current medical therapies …