OSF Healthcare doctors performed a first-of-its-kind procedure to help a two-year-old boy in October. Doctors at OSF Children ...

The medical team, led by Dr. Sujith Velayudhan Indira, Senior Consultant in Cardiothoracic Surgery, included Dr. Sreenath, ...

Right aberrant subclavian artery, also called arteria lusoria, is one of the most common intrathoracic arterial anomalies. Although mostly asymptomatic, the retroesophageal and retrotracheal ...

Many surgeries are done with a long incision in the side of the chest, known as a thoracotomy. Some early stage tumors may be treated with video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), which uses several ...

Methods A prospective observational study was carried out on all patients following lung resection via thoracotomy in a regional thoracic centre over 13 months. PPC was assessed using a scoring system ...

Dr. Christine Trankiem’s hands are big and graceful, nails manicured a delicate ivory, steady as they move through the air. She’s a trauma surgeon, so her hands save lives—the victims of stab wounds, ...

If you have a lung disease, one treatment option your doctor may suggest is a type of surgery called a lobectomy, which involves removing a portion of your lung called a lobe. Your lungs are made ...

Objective: To assess the efficacy, safety and impact on quality of life of tramadol in the treatment of neuropathic pain in patients with cancer. Methods: Patients with similar characteristics ...

What Is Endobronchial Valve (EBV) Therapy? If you have been diagnosed with advanced emphysema, also called COPD, EBV treatment might be an option for you. Patients living with emphysema experience ...

An open lobectomy (thoracotomy) is the removal of a lobe of the lung through a cut made around the side of the chest. A thoracoscopic lobectomy is keyhole surgery, where a lobe of the lung is removed ...

Correspondence to Dr John Harvey, North Bristol Lung Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK; john.harvey{at}nbt.nhs.uk Secondary pneumothorax (SSP) is associated with underlying lung disease ...