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LVRS is a treatment option for COPD. Learn more about lung volume reduction surgery, bronchoscopic lung volume reduction, and if you meet the criteria to receive this treatment. Schedule your appointment today with a specialist at Houston Methodist.
Call 214.820.0111. Our lung volume reduction surgery services. Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health is one of a few medical centers in Texas approved by Medicare and private insurers to perform lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS).
Surgeons at Baylor Scott & White Center for Thoracic Surgery now offer endoscopic lung volume reduction surgery. In appropriately selected patients, small valves can be placed in the airway without incisions to reduce the size of the emphysematous lung.
BLVR is a minimally invasive alternative to traditional lung volume reduction surgery to treat severe emphysema. In BLVR, our interventional pulmonologists place tiny, one-way valves in the airways in the hyperinflated emphysematous sections of the lungs.
The general thoracic surgery team evaluates and treats diseases of the chest, lung, esophagus, chest wall, mediastinum, diaphragm, pericardium, and airway. Conditions that can be treated with thoracic surgery include: Benign (noncancerous) conditions such as: Airway fistulas. Airway stenosis.
We are the only center in Texas approved by CMS to perform lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS). We also offer bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) as a potential alternative to LVRS and a less invasive method to achieve lung volume reduction in patients with emphysema and hyperinflation.
Minimally invasive lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) for emphysema. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe respiratory failure and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) Learn more about the center. Several factors determine candidacy for lung transplant in Dallas. Our transplant team evaluates patients on a case-by-case basis
