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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:362
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original article: general thoracic

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In this paper, Sekine and colleagues focused on a prior observation that some patients with moderate emphysema had a better post-operative pulmonary function than expected when compared to a control group without this disease. At first pass, this would appear to be contrary to logic and pulmonary physiology as most of us have understood and practiced it over the years. They then hypothesized that resection for cancer in these patients may have some beneficial effect similar to that of lung volume reduction surgery, but noted that they were dealing with much less severe disease. They also attempted to validate their observations through a formula that would be useful . . . [Full Text of this Article]