Robotic surgery for lung cancer involves using a camera that provides a detailed view of the inside of a person’s chest. The term “robotic” can be misleading, as it is not a robot that performs the ...

MAYWOOD, Ill. – An estimated 60,000 Americans are walking around with time bombs in their chests called thoracic aortic aneurysms. At any time, their main chest artery could suddenly burst open, ...

The mere idea of heart surgery is enough to give anyone the shakes. Open-heart surgery used to be hard years ago. It had a long incision down the chest, weeks in the hospital, and a difficult recovery ...

Some of the most advanced thoracic surgeries are now being performed at AdventHealth Daytona Beach thanks to the expertise of the hospital’s specialized team led by Patrick Mangonon, MD, and the da ...

Open heart surgery is a way to treat heart disease. To do it, your doctor opens your chest wall, cuts through your sternum, and spreads your ribs to get access to the heart. Open heart surgery is ...

A study led by researchers at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre has shown that a less invasive heart procedure for a common condition is ...

Mother Martha Penturf holds her 4.5-month-old son Atlas, who had open heart surgery in November performed by Dr. Kristine J. Guleserian, as nurse practitioner Casey Cox opens his shirt showing his ...