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ROLE OF SURGERY IN COPD
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ROLE OF SURGERY IN COPD
Surgery can be done in patients with end stage emphysema, where the hyper inflated lungs are removed to allow for normal lung structures to work properly. This is called
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eduction
S
urgery’.