Is long-term functional outcome after lung volume reduction surgery predictable?✩
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- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 17 (6) , 666-672
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1010-7940(00)00446-2
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this retrospective study was to analyze which preoperative parameters might predict a persistent improvement in forced expiratoKeywords
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