Emphysema is a frequent
phenotypic manifestation of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases which does
not respond to pharmacotherapy. Interventional methods can provide relief for
severely ill and highly symptomatic emphysema patients. A quite well studied
endoscopic method is the minimally invasive, non-surgical procedure with coils.
Coils are small, shape-memory Nitinol implants designed to gather and compress
lung tissue, re-tension the diseased airway network and increase the elastic
recoil in the emphysematous lung. To date, the
positive benefit-risk ratio of coils is documented by several well-designed
randomized clinical trials.
Subjects | Health Care Administration |
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Journal Section | Revıew Artıcle |
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Publication Date | April 16, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 Volume: 2 Issue: 1 |