Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TUPELO — With more lung cancer cases being detected via both incidental findings and early screenings, robotic-assisted surgery ...

Cheryl Mehrkar with Stephanie H. Chang, MD, who performed the world’s first fully robotic double lung transplant surgery on Oct. 22, 2024. Surgeons in New York have become the first in the world to ...

Thoracic surgery — the treatment of diseases of the lungs, airways and chest — has changed more in the last 30 years than in the century before it. For patients, that evolution now means smaller ...

Vermont Business Magazine Dartmouth Cancer Center achieved a significant advancement in lung cancer care by performing its first combined robotic lung procedure under a single anesthesia. This ...

Doctors at Main Line Health now have a new kind of robotic surgery that makes recovery quicker and easier for lung cancer patients. Traditional lung cancer surgery usually involves some pain and a ...

Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) was safe in patients aged 80 years or older with lung cancer and demonstrated comparable postoperative outcomes to younger patients, a retrospective study ...

MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) -- A medical breakthrough took place in New York City, after a patient received the first robotic double lung transplant in the world. As a self-proclaimed adrenaline junkie ...

An expert discusses how the use of robotic surgery improves the lives of patients with cancer, and looks forward to advancements that may come in 2024 and beyond. The year 2023 has increased the use ...

While debating the pros and cons of robotically assisted lung transplantation, Albert Jauregui, MD, PhD told attendees at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for ...

Nancy Kopp called her journey with lung cancer a whirlwind. In June 2022, her doctor found a potentially cancerous nodule on her lung. Kopp is a former smoker and qualified for a non-invasive ...

Surgeons in New York have become the first in the world to complete a fully robotic double lung transplant. NYU Langone Health announced that on October 22, it successfully conducted the surgery on a ...