The medical world is celebrating two innovative technologies Northwestern Medicine is using to help give patients a new ...

The new “lungs in a fridge" tech can keep the lungs intact for up to 18 hours, compared to about four hours when kept on it.

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

Health First’s Heart & Vascular Program has earned its third straight 3-star overall isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) recognition from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). [...] ...

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) proudly announces the addition of two da Vinci 5 robotic surgical systems.

Among patients with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer, long-term survival was better with lobectomy or segmentectomy vs.

By Mallika Marshall, MD Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Patients with lung nodules often ...

For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity ...

For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and mor ...

Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH, professor of thoracic surgery, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia ...

The pleura (plural: pleurae) is a two-layered membrane that covers the lung ... Some of these require procedures like thoracentesis, chest tubes, or pleurodesis to drain air, fluid, blood, or pus from ...