Who knew you could do open-heart surgery in the trauma room?

BACKGROUND Thoracentesis and antibiotics remain the cornerstones of treatment in stage I empyema. The management of disease progression or late presentation is controversial. Open thoracotomy and ...

Jeremy Faust, MD, practicing emergency room (ER) doctor and editor-in-chief of MedPage Today, reacts to the premiere's biggest moments, from "patient passports" and suspected non-accidental trauma to ...

CORRECTION article Front. Oncol. Sec. Thoracic Oncology Factors Associated with Secondary Thoracotomy for Hemostasis Following lung surgery: A Retrospective Analysis Provisionally accepted Junwei Xie ...

A type of heart surgery that speeds up patients' recovery time is being used at a Wolverhampton hospital for the first time.

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Jaipur: Doctors at the state-run Sawai Man Singh hospital here have successfully performed a complex laparoscopic surgery on ...

Correspondence to Dr Rakesh M Suri, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA; surir{at}ccf.org Contemporary ...

Nestled away and out of view from the public sits the grand prix medical centre at Albert Park, with trauma specialists from Melbourne's Alfred Hospital on stand-by for the worst moments in motorsport ...

Introduction Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC), such as pneumonia and atelectasis are associated with poor outcomes following thoracotomy and lung resection, with risk factors identified.

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