The duration of recovery after lung cancer surgery can range from weeks to months, and is generally longer after open lung surgery compared to minimally invasive procedures. Recovery at home involves ...

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 ...

Surgery is a common treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly when the disease is detected early and the tumor is small and is only in one part of the lung. For small cell lung ...

Our experienced lung transplant team provides exceptional care for patients in the Mountain West. Learn more about our amazing patients and their journey following a successful lung transplant. After ...

Cornelia Tischmacher had always longed to become a mother. Then at 40 years old, she gave birth to twins, Leo and Lucie. But within a year of their births, doctors in her native Germany diagnosed her ...

The timing of Cornelia Tischmacher's pneumonia couldn't have been worse -- eight months after the Berlin mom gave birth to twins. But the pneumonia just wouldn't go away, so Tischmacher went to a ...

A team of four surgeons in the Duke Lung Transplant Program successfully performed a robotic bilateral lung transplant June 30, making Duke the first medical institution in the Southeast and the ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...