Trattamento LVRC: nuovo imaging interventistico per il trattamento dell’enfisema polmonare

Abstract

Background Treatment of pulmonary emphysema with Lung Volume Reduction Coil (LVRC) technique and related
thoracic imaging preoperative, interventional, under radioscopic guidance, and postoperative.
For the intervention, Nitinol coils are used, implanted through a catheter under radioscopic guidance using an Intensifier. The treatment is performed with induction of anesthesia, during one or two sessions.
Coils are implanted on patients in different lobars regions, depending on the case. The patient’s status is monitored
in 3 phases: Phase 1 Preoperative; Phase 2 Intervention; Phase 3 Post-operative up to the following 5 years. This
technique, given the effectiveness and an almost total absence of side effects, turns out to be a valid alternative to
others methods for the treatment of severe pulmonary emphysema.
Through the analysis of the monitoring results, it is possible to infer that the patients subjected to LVRC (Coil) have
high clinical benefits, but still not accompanied by significant long-term functional improvements.