Bonner et al, Clinical Implications of Removing Race-Corrected Pulmonary Function Tests for African American Patients Requiring Surgery for Lung Cancer, JAMA Surgery (2023). DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.

The findings, presented at Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ Annual Meeting and published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ... due to preoperative pulmonary function, histology or neoadjuvant ...

The body was not able to resolve the clot, which leads to an inflammatory response and remodeling of the vessels in the lung. This remodeling leads to ... This procedure is potentially curative. This ...

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT ... Patients treated with SBRT were older (77 versus 70 years) and had worse performance status, lower pulmonary function, and ...

First, pulmonary function tests are only one factor in determining lung disability ... As an example, he cited a JAMA Surgery paper published last year that showed Black patients might be less ...

your doctor may recommend a lung transplant or a procedure called atrial septostomy. A surgeon creates an opening between the right and left sides of the heart. This surgery can have serious side ...

In univariate analysis, patients with extensive subcutaneous emphysema were also likely to have a significant lower body mass index, worse pulmonary function, greater intraoperative blood loss, longer ...

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is a major surgery on the blood vessels in the lungs. It involves removing a blood clot from the lung to restore blood pressure levels. PTE is also known as ...

One of the specialties our pediatric surgeons are trained in is procedures specific to the airway and pulmonary tract (the lungs). These can include treatment of lung malformations and tumors or ...