Thoracic Surgery News

Between 2001 and 2005, four out of 106 patients with the pig valves implanted in the aortic position developed severe impairment after less than four years, and the patients required surgery to replace the valves.

A new minimally invasive procedure can help esophageal cancer patients get back to their normal lives faster and with less pain, surgeons at University Hospital say.

Arrowhead Hospital's 3-year-old Cardiac Surgery Program was recognized as one of the best in the country for quality cardiac surgery for a second consecutive year.

From Thoracic Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Department of Radiology , and Department of Thoracic Surgery , UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of all cancer related deaths in the United States with over 200,000 deaths occurring each year.

The Heart Center at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, the surgical center of Catholic Health's cardiovascular services,A is pleased to announce that the Society of Thoracic Surgeons has awarded its heart surgery program a "three-star" national quality rating-the highest category of quality achieved under the STS quality rating system.

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Filed under: Ob/Gyn , Surgery , Thoracic Surgery , Urology The FDA has given 510 clearance to Power Medical Interventions for the firm's iDrive Intelligent Power Unit, detachable Intelligent Surgical Instruments and iConsole device.

Pocono Medical Center's ESSA Heart and Vascular Institute reached a milestone on May 18 by completing its 500th open-heart surgery.

Surgeons told Donald Bickford, 71, that due to the weakened condition of his lungs, ordinary surgery was not an option for removing his lung tumor.

Sometimes it only takes a word or two to let you know that, if you hadn't already realized that things are going badly, you should realize it now: When you hear a thoracic surgeon say "uh-oh," for example, or when you hear a newly-licensed teen driver tell his buddies, "Watch this." Or when you hear Paul Krugman describe himself as "rattled." On ...

Doctors in Jammu and Kashmir have said that the state possesses a huge potential for medical tourism because of the cheap cost and availability of experienced doctors.

CHENNAI: Rajan Santosham, cardiothoracic surgeon and chairman of the Santosham Chest Hospital, has been elected the Regent for India of the American College of Chest Physicians and Surgeons, U.S. Dr.

Doctors have started postponing cancer surgeries because of budget cutbacks at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, despite staunch denials from Health Minister Ron Liepert.

Srinagar, May16 - The three-day Conference of Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons - " CT CON 2009, organized by Department of CVTS, Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences , concluded here today.

Myrna Carson wipes away tears as she and her husband Ron contemplate possibly having to wait longer for her hip replacement.

Filed under: Cardiology , Critical Care , ENT , Emergency Medicine , GI , Informatics , Medicine , Neurological Surgery , Ob/Gyn , Orthopedic Surgery , Radiology , Surgery , Thoracic Surgery , Urology , Vascular Surgery BrainLab AG is planning on releasing an updated version of its Digital Lightbox multitouch clinical display.

Scripps Health announced that the cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons from Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, Scripps Clinic and Scripps Mercy Hospital are joining to create a new integrated medical group.

But after the Durban Magistrate's Court found that he could not prove that the 45-year-old man was liable for his grandmother's medical bill, he is trying again.

Dr. Gilbert Herod retired as a cardiovascular thoracic surgeon at Methodist Hospital.