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Center for Chest Disease and Respiratory Failure
Discussion of volume reduction surgery to improve emphysema.
http://www.columbiasurgery.org/divisions/cardiothoracic/dd_copd_lvrsfaq.html

NETT
The first multi-center clinical trial designed to determine the role, safety, and effectiveness of bilateral lung volume reduction surgery in the treatment of emphysema.
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/lung/nett/lvrsweb.htm

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