Momen Wahidi, MD, MBA, associate professor of medicine (Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine) and director of Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy, was recently featured in a news story on WRAL.
In the video, you'll see Dr. Wahidi talk about a study at Duke that uses lung coils to treat patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Patients undergo a procedure in which a bronchoscope sent into the lungs releases up to 10 coils inside the damaged areas. The coils shrink that tissue.
“When you do that, then you are allowing space for the healthier units to function,” Wahidi said.
Watch the video here.