More than 600 lung transplants have been performed since Northwestern Medicine launched its lung transplant program back in ...

Medicare beneficiaries with emphysema who received an endobronchial valve vs. lung volume reduction surgery faced elevated ...

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

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

The most common diseases requiring thoracic surgery include lung cancer, chest trauma, esophageal cancer, emphysema, and lung transplantation.

By offering these advanced techniques, the hospital is significantly improving patient outcomes, reducing recovery times, and ...

New research presented at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that anatomic lung resections, such as lobectomy and segmentectomy, are associated with improved long-term ...

For patients with advanced emphysema, EBV is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with LVRS.

The study analysed outcomes for more than 32,000 stage 1A NSCLC patients using data from the STS General Thoracic Surgery ...

Doctors at Northwestern Medicine say medical innovations helped them achieve two medical milestones last year: the largest ...

The study was based on the STS General Thoracic Surgery Database. Findings were similar for lung cancer-specific survival, according to the authors. For early-stage NSCLC, lobar resection has been ...