Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 157-171 , Summer 2007

Surgical Interventions for Emphysema

  • Phillip Cabot Camp, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School, Lung Transplant Program, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
    • ,
  • David J. Sugarbaker, MD

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to David J. Sugarbaker, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115-6195.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2007.05.004

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 157-171 , Summer 2007

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