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Robotic thoracic surgery and open thoracotomy achieve the same surgical goal through completely different means. One uses 3 to 4 small port incisions and a robotic […]
VATS surgery recovery is substantially faster than open chest surgery because the ribs are not spread and the chest wall trauma is a fraction of what […]
Survival rates in lung cancer are determined almost entirely by how early the disease is caught. Stage 1 patients who undergo surgery at a dedicated thoracic […]
Thoracic surgery treats the lungs esophagus trachea pleura mediastinum and chest wall while cardiac surgery treats the heart coronary arteries cardiac valves and aortic structures. Both […]
A mediastinal tumour grows in the space between both lungs containing the heart, trachea, esophagus, and major vessels. Five-year survival after surgical resection reaches 88.1% with […]
Pleural effusion is fluid accumulation in the pleural space between the lung and chest wall. Breathlessness is the most common symptom. Up to 25% of patients […]
Esophageal cancer surgery survival rates range from 30 to 45% at 5 years following complete esophagectomy. Localized disease carries 37% 5-year survival. Overall all-stage 5-year survival […]
Lung Cancer: Symptoms and Treatment Plan Lung cancer is asymptomatic in early stages which is why most diagnoses happen later than they should.When symptoms do appear […]