About ninety percent of lung cancer operations at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are performed using a technique called video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). But the minimally invasive procedure ...

It may be counterintuitive, but four chest incisions could be better than one. With shorter recovery time and less pain, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is making pulmonary lobectomies a less ...

We're an active bunch here in the Northwest. With Seattle and its surroundings consistently ranked among the fittest areas in the country, it's clear that Northwesterners can tough out our infamous ...

Every day, 78 Canadians receive a diagnosis of lung cancer, the most deadly form of cancer in the country. Some of them will have one of the lobes of a lung removed by thoracotomy, a common, but risky ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for the treatment of early lung cancer leads to better in-hospital patient outcomes than open lobectomy without compromising oncologic ...

A medical team at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital on Monday introduced its laser-induced video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for treating lung cancer — a more precise and painless way to remove ...

Two youngsters from Bangladesh with lung cancer, recently underwent a novel procedure at the Apollo Cancer Centre here. The procedure had helped provide adjuvant treatment for the patients much ...

Video Assisted Thorocoscopic Surgery (VATS), an advanced and complex procedure, was performed in Kurnool general hospital on a 47-year-old patient Mahaboob Basha, who is suffering from Myasthenia ...

Every day, 78 Canadians receive a diagnosis of lung cancer, the most deadly form of cancer. Some will have one lobe of a lung removed. The results of a large international clinical study, pave the way ...