Minimally invasive robotic surgery for lung, esophageal, and mediastinal mass resections achieve several benefits for patients, such as shorter hospital stays, less post-operative pain, and a lower ...

Many lung surgeries can now be performed using minimally invasive techniques, such as video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) or robotic surgery. These approaches involve the surgeon utilizing ...

Patients with advanced malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) treated with a combination of surgery to remove the cancer but save their lung, plus photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy, had a median ...

Thoracic surgeons treat patients with lung cancer, coronary disease, aneurysms and heart diseases. A subset of thoracic surgery, cardiac surgery includes aortic and valve surgery, artificial hearts ...

Thoracic aneurysm open surgery (sternotomy) treats a thoracic aortic aneurysm. Our aortic specialists are experts in all types of aortic disease surgeries.

Stage increase in lung cancer more frequent after open vs. closed thoracic surgery Date: January 11, 2016 Source: International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Summary: An increase in the ...

The xenotransplantation comes on the heels of recent transplants of pig hearts and kidneys into medical patients.

During the first three years of the thoracic surgery integrated residency program, residents will undergo clinical training in General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and Cardiology as well as ...