Female lung cancer survivors were ... All had received surgical resections via a thoracotomy. None received adjuvant therapy. Most survivors had at least 1 comorbid condition (Table 3).

Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy is a pulmonary lobectomy procedure that is performed by a ... The procedure is performed with general anesthesia using a special endotracheal tube that allows ...

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

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

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

The global lung cancer surgery market is poised for transformative growth from 2025 to 2035, driven by the increasing ...

c Age, marital status, race, smoking status, number of comorbid diseases (heart disease, COPD, depression), dyspnea (dichotomized score), and meaning of illness (positive, negative) were included ...

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

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University. “Lung transplantation is not always a durable solution because of the shortage of donors compared to the demand for ...

New research presented at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that anatomic lung resections ... from the STS General Thoracic Surgery Database (STS GTSD) with ...

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

is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS), according to a study presented at the annual meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons ...