Joint Statement of the German Respiratory Society and German Society of Thoracic Surgery in Cooperation with the German Radiological Society: Structural Prerequisites of Centres for Interventional Treatment of Emphysema

Wolfgang Johannes Gesierich; Kaid Darwiche; Felix Döllinger; Ralf Eberhardt; Stephan Eisenmann; Christian Grah; Claus Peter Heußel; Ralf-Harto Huebner; Julia Ley-Zaporozhan; Franz Stanzel; Stefan Welter; Hans Hoffmann

doi:10.1159/000511599

Joint Statement of the German Respiratory Society and German Society of Thoracic Surgery in Cooperation with the German Radiological Society: Structural Prerequisites of Centres for Interventional Treatment of Emphysema

Respiration. 2021;100(1):52-58. doi: 10.1159/000511599. Epub 2021 Jan 7.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonology, Asklepios Fachkliniken Munich-Gauting, Center for Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery, Munich-Gauting, Germany, wolfgang.gesierich@yahoo.com.
² Department of Interventional Pulmonology, Ruhrlandklinik - University Medicine Essen, Essen, Germany.
³ Department of Radiology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁴ Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁵ Lung Research Center (TLRC), Member of German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine I/Pulmonology, University Hospital, Halle (Saale), Germany.
⁷ Department of Respiratory Medicine and Lung Cancer Center, Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe, Berlin, Germany.
⁸ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁹ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology with Nuclear Medicine, Thoraxklinik, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
¹⁰ Department of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Medicine, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
¹¹ Department of Radiology, University Hospital LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
¹² Department of Pulmonology - Thoracic Endoscopy, Lung Clinic, Hemer, Germany.
¹³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Lung Clinic, Hemer, Germany.
¹⁴ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 33412545
DOI: 10.1159/000511599

Abstract

Interventional treatment of emphysema offers a wide range of surgical and endoscopic options for patients with advanced disease. Multidisciplinary collaboration of pulmonology, thoracic surgery, and imaging disciplines in patient selection, therapy, and follow-up ensures treatment quality. The present joint statement describes the required structural and quality prerequisites of treatment centres. This is a translation of the German article "Positionspapier der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Thoraxchirurgie in Kooperation mit der Deutschen Röntgengesellschaft: Strukturvoraussetzungen von Zentren für die interventionelle Emphysemtherapie" Pneumologie. 2020;74:17-23.

Keywords: Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction; Emphysema; Interventional treatment; Lung volume reduction surgery; Structural prerequsites.

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Techniques, Respiratory System
Germany
Hospitals, Special / organization & administration
Hospitals, Special / standards
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Patient Care Management / methods
Patient Care Management / organization & administration
Patient Care Team* / organization & administration
Pneumonectomy / methods*
Pulmonary Emphysema* / diagnosis
Pulmonary Emphysema* / therapy
Pulmonary Medicine* / methods
Pulmonary Medicine* / organization & administration
Radiology* / methods
Radiology* / organization & administration
Societies, Medical
Thoracic Surgery* / methods
Thoracic Surgery* / organization & administration