Design of the multicentre randomised controlled BENTO trial to demonstrate patient-relevant benefit of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction using thermal vapour ablation in the German healthcare system for patients with upper lobe emphysema: a study protocol

Abstract

IntroductionApplication of vapour ablation as a novel approach to lung volume reduction has positive effects in patients with severe emphysema. The BENTO study is a randomised, controlled, open, multicentre trial,...