drgeorgethoracic

Fluid gathering around the lungs doesn’t always point to the same thing. Pleural effusion is the wider label, and it covers any abnormal pool of fluid […]

A pneumothorax, commonly known as a collapsed lung, occurs when air collects between the lung and chest wall, preventing normal lung expansion. It can range from […]

A dip in the middle of the chest, where the breastbone caves inward instead of sitting flat. That’s pectus excavatum. It’s the most common chest wall […]

Not every cough at the table means much. But one that shows up at nearly every meal does. Something’s routing food or liquid into the airway […]

Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) has transformed modern thoracic surgery by offering a minimally invasive alternative to traditional open chest procedures. Unlike conventional surgery that requires a […]

A hole between the windpipe and food pipe. That’s what TEF actually is. In adults it almost always follows a breathing tube left in too long, […]

A tumor on the chest wall doesn’t always mean surgery is next. Size matters most, so does growth pattern, and whether it’s pressing into rib or […]

Hearing that your CT scan shows a Ground Glass Nodule (GGO) on your CT scan can be worrying. Many people immediately fear lung cancer, but the […]

Yes. Smoking causes most lung cancers, but not all of them. Roughly 10 to 20 percent of cases worldwide occur in people with no smoking history. […]