ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2019
Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction using an endobronchial valve to treat a huge emphysematous bullae: a case report.
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- The efficacy-invasiveness trade-off: a retrospective cohort comparison of surgical operation and endobronchial valves for refractory lung bullae disease.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Observational
- A novel percutaneous aspiration sclerotherapy for staged volume reduction of giant single bulla in the treatment of COPD combined with pulmonary bullae.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Article
- Improvement of Progressive Vanishing Lung Syndrome in COPD: A 7-Year Radiological Evolution Case Report and Literature Review.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2026Review
- Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction complicated by ipsilateral pleural effusion.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2025Article
- [Efficacy and Safety of Medical Thoracoscopic Bulla Volume Reduction in the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Combined With Giant Emphysematous Bullae].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2024Article
- Response to exclusive right middle lobe treatment with endobronchial valves: a case report.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2021Article
- Chartis System Corrected a Misjudged Location of a Giant Bulla Facilitating a Successful Bronchoscopic Bullectomy with Valves: A Case Report.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2020Article
- Case reports: narratives highlighting clinical experiences that inform practice and future research studies.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2019Article
- Staged and repeat endobronchial valve treatment for a right middle lobe giant bulla and left lower lobe emphysema in a patient with severe COPD.Annals of thoracic medicineArticle
- Endobronchial valve vs coil for lung volume reduction in emphysema: results from a tertiary care centre in Turkey.Annals of Saudi medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIn patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) techniques using unidirectional endobronchial valves improve lung function and increase exercise tolerance. BLVR treatment is included in the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) treatment guidelines for COPD patients without interlobar collateral ventilation. However, BLVR using an endobronchial valve has not been attempted in patients with giant bullae. CASE PRESENTATION: We report successful and safe BLVR using an endobronchial valve in a patient with a huge bullous emphysema in the right middle lobe. A 65-year-old male was diagnosed with COPD 5 years prior and had a large bullae in the right middle lobe at that time. During regular follow-up, the symptoms of respiratory distress gradually worsened, and the size of the bullae gradually increased on computed tomography (CT). Therefore, we decided to treat the patient via BLVR using an unidirectional endobronchial valve. The Chartis system (Pulmonx, Inc., Palo Alto, CA) confirmed the absence of collateral ventilation of the right middle lobe. We successfully inserted an endobronchial valve into the right middle bronchus. After insertion, the bullae decreased dramatically in size, and the patient's symptoms and quality of life improved markedly.
conclusionThis case supports recent suggestions that BLVR can serve as a good alternative treatment for appropriately selected patients.
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