Equipoise between surgical and bronchoscopic approaches to lung volume reduction in COPD

S Moolla

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Published: 2023-08-03

S Moolla

Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

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Moolla S. Equipoise between surgical and bronchoscopic approaches to lung volume reduction in COPD. Afr J Thoracic Crit Care Med [Internet]. 2023 Aug. 3 [cited 2026 Apr. 21];29(2):82. Available from: https://www.samajournals.co.za/index.php/ajtccm/article/view/1354

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Prof K Dheda, MB BCh (Wits), FCP(SA), FCCP, PhD (Lond), FRCP (Lond). Head Department the Division of Pulmonology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Professor of Mycobacteriology and Global Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; Director, Centre for Lung Infection and Immunity, University of Cape Town Lung Institute, South Africa.

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