Lung surgery is a type of thoracic surgery involving the repair or removal of lung tissue, and can be used to treat a variety of conditions ranging from...
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heart (heart disease), lungs (lung disease), and other pleural or mediastinal structures. In most countries, cardiothoracic surgery is further subspecialized...
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Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in...
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improvement. A variety of conditions may make such surgery necessary. As of 2005, the most common reasons for lung transplantation in the United States were:...
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Cardiopulmonary bypass (redirect from Cardiopulmonary bypass surgery)
heart-lung machine also called the pump or CPB pump is a machine that temporarily takes over the function of the heart and lungs during open-heart surgery by...
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involving the lungs and respiratory system. Cardiothoracic surgery deals with surgery of the lungs including lung volume reduction surgery, lobectomy, pneumectomy...
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Pulmonology (redirect from Lung doctor)
cardiothoracic surgery departments and cardiology departments. American Association for Respiratory Care American College of Chest Physicians American Lung Association...
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this type of surgery is done the chest is opened up. An incision will be made on the side of the chest where the affected area of the lung is located....
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Stuart W. Jamieson (section Heart-lung surgery)
cardiothoracic surgery in both adults and children. In 1986, he was elected president of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation...
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the ninth century, the various saga motifs—eagle sketch, rib division, lung surgery, and 'saline stimulant'—were combined in inventive sequences designed...
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