Lung surgery
January 1st, 2009Lung surgery
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Learn about surgery as a treatment for lung cancer. ... Sometimes surgery may be used to help determine exactly which type of lung cancer you have. (more...)
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Lung surgery
Alternative Names Return to top. Thoracotomy; Lung tissue removal; Pneumonectomy; Lobectomy; Lung biopsy; Thoracoscopy. Definition Return to top (more...)
Lung surgery (thoracotomy) for lung cancer
Surgery to remove all or part of a lung involves making a cut on one side of your chest (thorax) during a procedure called a thoracotomy. (more...)
Thoracotomy: Lung Surgery Patient's Guide
Heart and Lung Surgery: USC Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery ... A Patient's Guide to Lung Surgery. The Thoracotomy Procedure. Once you're asleep, you're positioned comfortably ... (more...)
Lung Surgery Patient Guide
Heart and Lung Surgery: USC Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery ... Patient's Guide to Lung Surgery. A step-by-step tour of the lung surgery process, with descriptions of the ... (more...)
Heavier women seen prone to personality disorders - HealthCentral.com
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Overweight and obese women are more likely to have antisocial personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder and extreme social phobia than their leaner peers, new research published in Psychosomatic Medicine shows ... (more...)
New lung, new hope: Evansville man receives long-awaited transplant - Evansville Courier-Press
Mike Shore shows-off his granddaughter, Julie Devine, 1, at the Turning Pointe United Methodist Church in March. Mike was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive disease that scars the lungs and reduces lung capacity. He underwent ... (more...)
Non-Surgical Procedure To Blast Lung Cancer - CBS 2 KCAL 9
If you made a New Year's resolution to quit smoking, here's more incentive to stick with it: More than 150,000 Americans will likely die of lung cancer this year. Quitting can greatly reduce your chance of getting sick, but cancer isn't completely ... (more...)
Gene Linked To Inherited Form Of Fatal Lung Disease Identified - Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Jan. 7, 2009) ? Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that a mutation in a gene known for its role in defending the lungs against invading pathogens is responsible for some inherited cases of a lethal lung ... (more...)
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A MAN called into hospital for a life-saving lung transplant ELEVEN times without having the operation has finally undergone surgery. A PATIENT who became the first in Britain to undergo an innovative transplant procedure has returned to say thanks ... (more...)