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Pages 405-410 (July - August 1999)
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Vol. 5. Issue 4.
Pages 405-410 (July - August 1999)
ARTIGO DE OPINIÃO/OPINION ARTICLE
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Cirurgia de redução de volume no enfisema pulmonar*
Volume reduction surgery in pulmonary emphysema
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Manuel J. Antunes**,
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antunes.cct.hue@mail.telepac.pt

Cirurgia Cardiotorácica, Hospitais da Universidade, 3049 Coimbra Codex, Portugal, Tel: 351-39-400418, Fax: 351-39-829674
** Professor Catedrático da Faculdade de Medicina e Director do Serviço de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica dos Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra
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RESUMO

O enfisema pulmonar é uma doença crónica, progressiva e invalidante. A transplantação pulmonar foi, até há pouco tempo, a única hipótese de cura. Recentemente, contudo, a cirurgia de redução do volume foi popularizada e demonstrou resultados excelentes a curto e médio prazo. Esta técnica baseia-se no principio de que a elimioação das áreas hiperinsufladas e desfuncionalizadas permite a expansão do parênquima normal e funcionante. Pode ser aplicada unilateral ou bilateralmente. A mortalidade operatória é relativamente reduzida (3-5%) e há um aumento marcado do VEMS no pós­operatório imediato e os ganhos continuam a observar-se pelo menos durante os primeiros 12 meses de follow-up. A sobrevida dos doentes é significativamente melborada, estando 80% dos doentes vivos ao fim de 3 anos. Em conclusão, a cirurgia de redução do volume parece ter vantagens apreciáveis sobre o transplante e deve constituir o primeiro passo no tratamento cirúrgico do enfisema pulmonar.

REV PORT PNEUMOL 1999; V (4): 405-410

Palavras-chave:
Enfisema pulmonar
cirurgia
redução de volume
ABSTRACT

Pulmonary emphysema is a chronic, prograssive and invalidating disease. Until recently, pulmonary transplantation constituted the only hypothesis of cure of the disease. Recently, however, lung volume reduction surgery was popularised and demonstrated excellent short and medium term results. This technique is based on the principle that the elimination of the hyperinflated, non-functional areas permits the expansion of the normal, functional parenchyma. It may be applied unilaterally or bilaterally. Operative mortality is relatively low (3-5%) and the FEV1 increases significantly immediately after surgery and continues to improve, up to one year of follow-up. Patient survival is markedly improved, 80% of the patients remaining alive after 3 years. Hence, long volume reduction surgery seems to have important advantages over transplantation and should be the first step in the surgical treatment of endstage pulmonary emphysema.

REV PORT PNEUMOL 1999; V (4): 40S-410

Key-words:
Pulmonary emphysema
surgery
lung volume reduction
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Conferêcia proferida nas I Jornadas de Pneumologia do Centro Hospitalar do Funchal. Março. 1999.

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