Long-Term Follow-Up of High-Risk Patients in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial Robert M. Kaplan, PhD, Qiankun Sun, PhD, Keith S. Naunheim, MD, Andrew L. Ries, MD, MPH The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 98, Issue 5, Pages 1782-1789 (November 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.031 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 CONSORT diagram. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 1782-1789DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.031) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Long-term survival by group. (LVRS = lung volume reduction surgery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 1782-1789DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.031) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Model outcomes for University of California San Diego Shortness of Breath Questionnaire (UCSD SOBQ) total scores. (LVRS = lung volume reduction surgery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 1782-1789DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.031) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Quality-adjusted life expectancy for lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) and medical groups using self-administered quality of well-being (QWB-SA) scale. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 1782-1789DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.06.031) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions