Thoracic aneurysm open surgery is a treatment for a thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), a bulge in your aorta. The aorta, your body’s largest blood vessel, begins at your heart and extends into your ...

Patients may better tolerate video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), but there are concerns about the potential for missing lymph node metastases. Over a recent 4-year study period, VATS lobectomy was ...

The David J. Sugarbaker Division of Thoracic Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine is a team of highly motivated, compassionate individuals who pride themselves on providing state-of-the-art clinical ...

When appropriate, surgery remains the most effective treatment option for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including for patients with COPD, said Friedberg, professor in the Department of Thoracic ...

Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation Versus Observation in Radically Treated Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Randomized Phase III NVALT-11/DLCRG-02 Study In 2002, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons ...

Pleuroscopy for evaluation of pleural effusions and infections has been performed for centuries and is one of the oldest forms of minimally invasive surgery. The introduction of the double-lumen ...

Johannes R. Kratz, MD, has been named as the inaugural chief of UCSF’s Division of Thoracic Surgery, one of the leading academic robotic thoracic surgery programs in the western U.S. He brings a track ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Patients who underwent robotic or ...

A single-shot intercostal nerve block was noninferior to thoracic epidural analgesia for pain control in minimally invasive lung resection. Continuous paravertebral block came out inferior for pain ...

Each year, we match one general thoracic track and three cardiothoracic track fellows to our ACMGE thoracic surgery fellowship program. This provides a broad diversity of experience that includes ...