BOSTON - Patients with lung nodules often have to undergo several procedures including biopsy and multiple surgeries, but a Boston hospital is offering a new approach that allows patients to get ...

A 76-year-old donor saved five lives in a historic 12-hour surgery at Amrita Hospital, Faridabad. The transplants included ...

Among patients with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer, long-term survival was better with lobectomy or segmentectomy vs.

A lung biopsy procedure can sometimes help a doctor diagnose ... Recovery takes longer in people who receive thoracic surgery for an open biopsy. One or more follow-up appointments will be ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for ...

Tess delivered at full term on Nov. 8, giving birth to a healthy baby boy. One shunt came out during delivery, and the other ...

For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), according to a study ...

Air embolism is a rare but potentially serious complication that can occur during lung biopsy procedures, particularly those guided by computed tomography (CT). This condition arises when air ...

The medical world is celebrating two innovative technologies Northwestern Medicine is using to help give patients a new ...

With 103 lung transplants and one heart-lung transplant in 2024, MHH is the leader in the Eurotransplant network. The lung transplant team relies on minimally invasive procedures and innovative ...

Last year, surgeons performed 148 lung transplants, the most in a single year since Northwestern's lung transplant program ...