Patients with the most severe emphysema shouldn’t undergo major surgery that removes part of their damaged lungs, according to a study of more than 1,000 patients who received the operation or simply received medication for the disease.
About 2 million people have emphysema, an illness that destroys the air sacs in the lungs.
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