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LVRS
(redirected from Lung Volume Reduction Surgery)

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LVRSLung Volume Reduction Surgery
LVRSLightweight Video Reconnaissance System
LVRSLow Voltage Relay Station (Vantage)


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5) Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is one of a long lineage of surgical approaches to emphysema and was reintroduced by Cooper in the early 1990s.
Current literature suggests that smoking cessation, long-term oxygen therapy in hypoxaemic patients, non-invasive ventilation, and lung volume reduction surgery in selected patients improve survival.
McKenna RJ, Fischel RJ, Brenner M, et al: Combined operations for lung volume reduction surgery and lung cancer.
 
 
 
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