Main Line Health debuts a single-port robotic lung surgery that reduces pain and speeds recovery, giving patients faster, ...

Patients may better tolerate video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), but there are concerns about the potential for missing lymph node metastases. Over a recent 4-year study period, VATS lobectomy was ...

Pleuroscopy for evaluation of pleural effusions and infections has been performed for centuries and is one of the oldest forms of minimally invasive surgery. The introduction of the double-lumen ...

Dr. Christopher Ellington, a thoracic surgeon at Ascension Sacred Heart, is the only doctor in the Pensacola area performing ...

Lung cancer surgery is the primary form of treatment for most cases of early stage lung cancer. Surgery is particularly effective in cases where the tumor hasn’t spread. It can help treat the cancer, ...

An increase in the stage of non-small cell lung cancer due to cancer positive lymph node discovery was more common following open chest surgery for lung lobe removal of early stage lung cancer ...

Dr. Tammy Gleeson, the chief of thoracic and robotic surgery at Southcoast Health, discusses how to get screened, who's ...

Dr. Tammy Gleeson, the chief of thoracic and robotic surgery at Southcoast Health, says lung cancer screenings can save lives ...

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A single-shot intercostal nerve block was noninferior to thoracic epidural analgesia for pain control in minimally invasive lung resection. Continuous paravertebral block came out inferior for pain ...

Dr. Johnson is board certified in general surgery and fellowship-trained in thoracic surgery, bringing with him more than a decade of clinical and research experience. He specializes in robotic ...