the mainstay treatment is video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy — the anatomic resection of an entire lobe of the lung. However, recurrence and distant metastases are frequent after resection ...

Out of all the diseases, I end up with lung cancer.” Portillo’s surgeon removed her lower lobe of her left lung, the only ...

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 ...

Even so, there is a high risk of recurrence following stage 3 lung cancer surgery, which decreases survival times. The use of ...

Patients who received an endobronchial valve vs. lung volume reduction surgery had significantly heightened odds for mortality and readmission. Risk adjustment is important in future research on ...

A pulmonary bleb is a small collection of air between the lung and the outer surface of the lung (visceral pleura) usually found in the upper lobe of the lung. When a bleb ruptures the air ...

Hospital length of stay, hospital costs, and opioid use were reduced among patients who underwent cryoablation during ...

In Arizona, lung cancer screening rates remain very low. One Banner doctor is trying to spread awareness on screenings to improve early detection.