ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2018
Complications related to endoscopic lung volume reduction for emphysema with endobronchial valves: results of a multicenter study.
Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Expert Statement: Pneumothorax Associated with One-Way Valve Therapy for Emphysema: 2020 Update.Respiration; international review of thoracic diseasesGuideline
- Lung volume reduction surgeryThe European respiratory journal · 2023Trial
- Bilateral Tension Pneumothorax Following Unilateral Endobronchial Valve Placement: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Bronchoscopic endobronchial valves.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2026Review
- Endobronchial valves- an iatrogenic cause of hemoptysis to be considered at autopsy.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2025Article
- Risk Factors for Pneumothorax After Treatment With Endobronchial Valves: A Cohort Study.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2025Article
- Case Report: Late paradoxical intrapulmonary shunt after endoscopic lung volume reduction with endobronchial valves for severe emphysema.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction complicated by ipsilateral pleural effusion.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2025Article
- Malignant pleural mesothelioma associated with recurrent pneumothorax.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2025Article
- First real-time imaging of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction by electrical impedance tomography.Respiratory research · 2024Article
- Management of Refractory Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Lung Point in a Case of Bronchoscopy Lung Volume Reduction: Consider Its Mimics Before Inserting the Tube.POCUS journal · 2024Article
- Surgical and bronchoscopic pulmonary function-improving procedures in lung emphysema.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023Review
- One-way endobronchial valves in the management of complex persistent air leaks in a soft tissue sarcoma patient.Thoracic cancer · 2023Article
- Surgical and Interventional Approaches in COPD.Respiratory care · 2023Review
- Airway granulation response to lung-implantable medical devices: a concise overview.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2021Review
- Review
- Pneumatocoeles after bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with valves.ERJ open research · 2021Article
- A novel guidewire-assisted silicone spigot placement for endobronchial occlusion in a complicated airway tract: application of medical thoracoscopy.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
- Combined intrapleural and intrabronchial injection of fibrin glue for closing alveolar pleural fistula: a case report.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2019Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
26 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundDespite bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) with valves is a minimally invasive treatment for emphysema, it can associate with some complications. We aimed at evaluating the rate and type of complications related to valve treatment and their impact on clinical outcomes.
methodsIt is a retrospective multicenter study including all consecutive patients with severe heterogeneous emphysema undergoing BLVR with endobronchial valve treatment and developed any complications related to this procedure. The type of complication, the time of onset, the treatment required and the out-come were evaluated. Response to treatment was assessed according to the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) as follows: an improvement of ≥15% in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV
resultsOne hundred and seven out of 423 (25.3%) treated patients had complications related to valve treatment including pneumothorax (17.3%); pneumonia (1.7%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation (0.9%), respiratory failure (1.4%), valve migration (2.1%), and hemoptysis (1.9%). In all cases complications resolved with appropriate treatment including removal of valves in 21/107 cases (19.6%). Patients with TLVR ≥350 mL (n=64)
conclusionsValve treatment is a safe and reversible procedure. The presence of complications seems not to have a significant impact on clinical outcome in patients with lobar atelectasis. Due to poor clinical conditions and possible complications, BLVR should be performed in high volume centers with a multidisciplinary approach.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.