Lung resection reduces physical fitness further, impairing the patient's ability to function in daily life. Methods We conducted a single-blind randomised controlled trial of high-intensity endurance ...

Tess delivered at full term on Nov. 8, giving birth to a healthy baby boy. One shunt came out during delivery, and the other ...

More than 600 lung transplants have been performed since Northwestern Medicine launched its lung transplant program back in ...

For days, she dealt with the nagging pain. One day, she and her daughter went to the mall, and Caprario decided to run up and down the stairs to try and relieve the discomfort. On other days, she ...

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.

W. Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH, professor of thoracic surgery, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University. "Lung transplantation is not always a durable solution because of ...

Patients are kept on a heart-lung machine for only as long as it takes to stop the heart from beating, complete open-heart surgery or a procedure on the lungs, and restart the heart. A heart-lung ...

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

Using robotic surgery to reduce recovery times Ciaccio planned to receive care for her lung cancer in Princeton, New Jersey, but a friend advised her to see Dr. Robert Cerfolio at NYU Langone.

TUESDAY, Jan. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with lung volume ...

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University. “Lung transplantation is not always a durable solution because of the shortage of donors compared to the demand for ...