CHICAGO — Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease takes your breath away. With no treatment options other than oxygen, a new procedure – and tiny device – is helping patients breathe a sigh of ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus performed El Paso’s first successful breakthrough lung procedure to treat patients suffering from COPD and emphysema ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...

The procedure performed at NCH takes about 30 to 40 minutes, followed by a three-day hospital stay for monitoring, after which patients are discharged to home for ongoing recovery. While some ...