Catching a "breath of fresh air" has new meaning for a North Texas woman. For more than 20 years, 62-year-old Joyce Stovall of Mansfield stayed attached to an oxygen tank. She was diagnosed in her 30s ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...

Lung cancer used to have grim outcomes but earlier detection is improving those odds. A new combined procedure with diagnosis ...

A pleurectomy is a surgical procedure to remove part or all of the pleura, a membrane that lines the lungs and chest cavity. The procedure treats empyema — an infection of the pleural cavity — and ...

California's Leadoptik, developer of a miniaturized imaging platform for minimally invasive surgical procedures, has announced FDA 510(k) clearance for its Last Inch Assessment (LIA) technology, an ...