Annual Congress Munich 2006

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Contemporary management of patients with end-stage emphysema

Symposium
Chairs: G. Massard (Strasbourg, France), P. Palange (Rome, Italy)
Aims: Patients with end-stage obstructive lung disease can be offered several instrumental therapeutic options. The aims of this symposium are:
•to expose the new modalities such as exercise training, lung volume reduction surgery, intrabronchial stenting and transplantation;
•to clarify the respective indications;
•to describe the results which may be expected. Target audience: Pulmonologists involved with patients with end-stage COPD, surgeons, interventional bronchoscopists.

Impact of exercise training on quality of life in patients with end-stage emphysema E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Is lung volume reduction surgery still required? W. Weder (Zurich, Switzerland)
Is lung transplantation still indicated? D. Van Raemdonck (Leuven, Belgium)