Advances in the field in recent years have expanded cardiac care’s capabilities while dramatically shrinking recovery time and discomfort. Nowadays we can treat pretty much everything, most heart ...

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has become the first health system in Illinois to offer minimally invasive thoracic surgeries through a single incision using Intuitive’s da Vinci SP surgical ...

Are surgeons giving patients unrealistic expectations about recovery after robotic lung surgery? That's what CU Department of Surgery faculty member Robert Meguid, M.D., MPH, and surgery resident Adam ...

Robotic and video-assisted thoracic surgery reduces recovery time for those with lung cancer, allowing some to leave the hospital the day after surgery. Dr. Geoffrey B. Pelz, a thoracic surgeon at ...

CURE spoke with a thoracic surgeon about the impact of minimally invasive surgery for patients. For patients with lung cancer, advancements such as robotic surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery ...

Aortic dissection is a rare yet life-threatening condition where the aorta, the main blood vessel carrying blood from the heart, develops a tear. This tear spreads rapidly, and without treatment, it ...