A new meta-analysis provided high-quality evidence demonstrating that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) significantly reduces the risk for death by 21% compared with open lobectomy in ...

Thoracic surgeon Diego González Rivas, based in A Coruña, Spain, developed the Uniportal VATS technique, a minimally invasive procedure using a single incision, which was used in the pontiff's surgery ...

A systematic review of 77 studies in 7,378 children found VATS was linked to fewer treatment escalations and shorter ...

Patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) compared to open lobectomy had a significantly improved overall survival rate, according to a meta-analysis presented at the ...

Background: Postoperative infections, as related to risk factors, in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) procedures have been studied infrequently. Conclusions: This ...

Father Muller Medical College Hospital (FMMCH) has successfully performed two complex lung surgeries between September and October 2026 using the state-of-the-art uniportal VATS (video-assisted ...

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) results in fewer in-hospital complications and a shorter length of stay compared with open surgery in patients with early-stage lung cancer. Video-assisted ...

Researchers took both the learning curve of the new process and the COVID-19 pandemic into consideration. A new cost analysis found some evidence that the initial increased costs associated with robot ...

Stanford surgeons have performed approximately over 200 sympathectomies over the past 10 years, representing a very extensive experience and demonstrating our significant commitment to the care of ...

Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican 4 days after lung cancer surgery. Doctors explain how minimally invasive techniques ...