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Median changes in forced expiratory volume in one second (top) and forced vital capacity (bottom) in patients after surgical reduction of lung volume and after medical treatment for emphysema. The median changes were obtained by comparing the responses of each subject with baseline values. Reproduced with permission from Geddes et al7
