Doctors remove non-functional portion of lung in infant

Doctors at MGM Healthcare successfully perform minimally invasive lung surgery on a one-year-old girl to remove a non-functional lung lobe.
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Dinalbuphine Sebacate Reduces Opioid Use and Pain After Thoracoscopic Surgery, study finds

Postoperative pain management is a significant concern for patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Traditionally, multimodal analgesia (MMA)—combining regional ...
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Video assisted thoracoscopy surgery reduces mortality by 21 percent compared to lobectomy

(Barcelona, Spain September 8, 2025, 10:45 a.m. CEST / UTC +2) – Patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) compared to open lobectomy had a significantly improved overall ...
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Infections in 346 Consecutive Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Procedures

Background: Postoperative infections, as related to risk factors, in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) procedures have been studied infrequently. Conclusions: This ...
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Video-Assisted Surgery Improves Survival in Early Lung Cancer

Patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for early-stage lung cancer had improved overall survival (OS) compared with patients who had open lobectomy, according to a ...
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Outcomes of elderly stage I lung cancer patients treated with segmentectomy via video assisted thoracoscopic surgery or open resection.

Correlation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation profile with computed tomography (CT) imaging features in lung adenocarcinomas. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO ...
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Less Invasive Anesthesia May Be the Right Match for Less Invasive Lung Resection

A single-shot intercostal nerve block was noninferior to thoracic epidural analgesia for pain control in minimally invasive lung resection. Continuous paravertebral block came out inferior for pain ...