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.

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 fur Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin und der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Thoraxchirurgie in Kooperation mit der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft: Strukturvoraussetzungen von Zentren fur die interventionelle Emphysemtherapie" Pneumologie. 2020;74:17-23.