Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy is a pulmonary lobectomy procedure that is performed by a minimally invasive technique. A VATS lobectomy, or thoracoscopic lobectomy, procedure is performed ...

Our analysis found that on average it takes a doctor 90 surgeries to become proficient using VATS for a complex procedure for lung cancer called a ‘sleeve lobectomy’ 2. We hope with our new ...

Barbara Rodriguez, 53, later discovered her cancer wasn’t even caused by her smoking, but rather a gene mutation.