Robotic lobectomies grew from 49% to 70% of cases from 2020 to 2024 as access and training expanded, says Staci Beamer, M.D., ...

In the largest series of its kind to date, researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have shown that performing thoracoscopic pneumonectomy, removal of the entire lung through a minimally ...

Stanford surgeons have performed approximately over 200 sympathectomies over the past 10 years, representing a very extensive experience and demonstrating our significant commitment to the care of ...

A new meta-analysis provided high-quality evidence demonstrating that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) significantly reduces the risk for death by 21% compared with open lobectomy in ...

Patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) compared to open lobectomy had a significantly improved overall survival rate, according to a meta-analysis presented at the ...

Researchers took both the learning curve of the new process and the COVID-19 pandemic into consideration. A new cost analysis found some evidence that the initial increased costs associated with robot ...

"Anything that you can do to leverage technology to minimize the variability in surgery eliminates the skill gap so that novice surgeons may become as technically gifted as the intermediate surgeon or ...

If you want to learn about lung cancer surgery to remove lung tumors and nodules, this is a place to start. Surgery removes the part of the lung with cancer and nearby lymph nodes. A thoracic ...