About 1 in every 3,000 to 5,000 people of northern European, Spanish, or Portuguese descent has a genetic mutation putting ...

NEW YORK, July 27 (Praxis Press) Lung-volume-reduction surgery is thought to improve lung function, walking distance, and quality of life in patients with severe emphysema, but the benefits of this ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and with fewer complications than they ...

Jan. 13—Attorneys asked jurors Monday to award more than $45 million to a woman who underwent a 2019 surgery at Presbyterian Hospital that left a 13-inch metal instrument in her abdomen for ...

LOS ANGELES—January 26, 2025—As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for advanced emphysema may survive longer and with fewer complications than they ...

In other words, the few treatments available for end-stage emphysema are pretty drastic and only partially effective. But at least there is something to offer your mother that may have some benefit.