Case Study: Endobronchial Valve Placement in a Patient With an Incomplete Lobar Fissure
![CT scan of lungs before and after endobronchial valve placement](https://www.brighamhealthonamission.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/endobronchial-valve-placement-incomplete-lobar-fissure-1.png)
A team at the Brigham’s Lung Center performed a complex, two-step procedure to place endobronchial valves in a 59-year-old woman who had hyperinflation of her lungs due to advanced COPD, combined with an incomplete lobar fissure. Interventional pulmonologist Majid Shafiq, MD, MPH, discusses this challenging case.
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