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 ...

Minimally invasive approaches to lung cancer resection have transformed thoracic surgery. Robotic-assisted and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) offer enhanced visualisation, improved ...

Show More Daniel J. Boffa and Jessica R. Hoag, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Andrzej S. Kosinski, Sunghee Kim, and Patricia A. Cowper, Duke Clinical ...

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 ...

An increase in the stage of non-small cell lung cancer due to cancer positive lymph node discovery was more common following open chest surgery for lung lobe removal of early stage lung cancer ...

Despite recommendations for posttreatment surveillance in lung cancer patients, there is wide variability in the follow-up care that lung cancer patients receive. A recent study, led by senior author ...

During the General Thoracic Surgery Simultaneous Scientific Session, Siva Raja MD, PhD will report on the incidence of VTEs in 112 patients who underwent surgical removal of the lung (pneumonectomy) ...

Lung cancer surgery is the primary form of treatment for most cases of early stage lung cancer. Surgery is particularly effective in cases where the tumor hasn’t spread. It can help treat the cancer, ...

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