The David J. Sugarbaker Division of Thoracic Surgery at Baylor Medicine specializes in the care and treatment of patients with all benign and malignant disorders of the chest cavity (thorax). This ...

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

A two-day-old infant underwent a minimally invasive hernia repair surgery for a left-sided Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia ...

successfully performed minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery to remove the tumour from her chest cavity. Minimally invasive thoracic surgery is a way of performing surgery in the chest through ...

When a bleb ruptures the air escapes into the chest cavity causing a pneumothorax (air between the ... Patients with blebs will typically have emphysema. Before the surgery, patients are intubated.

A 3D endoscopic camera developed about six years ago has made minimally invasive surgery more accessible for Rochester-area ...

Objective: This study aims to investigate the drainage effect and clinical outcomes of negative pressure chest drainage in patients after two-port thoracoscopic valve surgery, comparing the ...

Thoracic-Surgery refers to any type of surgery performed on organs and tissues in your chest cavity, such as your lungs. The most common diseases requiring thoracic surgery include lung cancer ...