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Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction
Interventional pulmonology is a branch of Respiratory medicine dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of lung disease, utilising minimally invasive techniques.
How does it work?
In severe emphysema, damaged lung tissue will gradually lose its elasticity; inelastic lung has difficulty emptying of air. Eventually more and more air gets trapped in the lung, causing over-inflation (hyperinflation). Air that gets trapped in the inelastic lung does not contribute to ventilation and makes breathing inefficient and difficult.
Deflating these areas of hyperinflated lung has been shown to improve breathing parameters, exercise capacity and quality of life in inline text link example selected people with severe emphysema. This can be achieved using one-way valves (endobronchial valves) that are inserted into the airways of the most diseased areas of lung. These endobronchial valves gradually deflate the diseased areas of lung and allow the remainder of the lung to function more effectively.
How does it work?
In severe emphysema, damaged lung tissue will gradually lose its elasticity; inelastic lung has difficulty emptying of air. Eventually more and more air gets trapped in the lung, causing over-inflation (hyperinflation). Air that gets trapped in the inelastic lung does not contribute to ventilation and makes breathing inefficient and difficult.
Deflating these areas of hyperinflated lung has been shown to improve breathing parameters, exercise capacity and quality of life in inline text link example selected people with severe emphysema. This can be achieved using one-way valves (endobronchial valves) that are inserted into the airways of the most diseased areas of lung. These endobronchial valves gradually deflate the diseased areas of lung and allow the remainder of the lung to function more effectively.
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Sleep Laboratory Director
Dr Lydia Makarie Rofail
BScMed MBBS (Hons) PhD FRAC
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Flexible bronchoscopy is a procedure performed to directly visualise airways and allow specimens to be obtained if required.
Flexible bronchoscopy is a procedure performed to directly visualise airways and allow specimens to be obtained if required.
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