The lungs that Dr. Ankit Bharat took out of Tadd Crosslin, a 49-year-old father of twins, were marred with billions of cancer cells. They were “perhaps the most diseased that we’ve ever seen,” said ...

With 103 lung transplants and one heart-lung transplant in 2024, MHH is the leader in the Eurotransplant network. The lung transplant team relies on minimally invasive procedures and innovative ...

A new technique in lung transplantation could save many more lives. Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute says it has adopted practices known as "lungs in a box" and "lungs in a fridge" ...

DuBois, Pennsylvania, Feb. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lung cancer is a source of more cancer deaths in the U.S. than breast, colon and prostate cancer combined. People diagnosed with lung cancer are ...

For patients with advanced emphysema, EBV is associated with higher mortality and morbidity compared with LVRS.

The specialist has been performing robot-assisted operations since 2010, consolidating himself as one of the top experts in ...

The medical world is celebrating two innovative technologies Northwestern Medicine is using to help give patients a new ...

The new “lungs in a fridge” tech can keep the lungs intact for up to 18 hours, compared to about four hours when kept on it.

Doctors at Northwestern Medicine say medical innovations helped them achieve two medical milestones last year: the largest ...

As contemporary surgical practice continues to evolve, patients who undergo surgical lung volume reduction (LVRS) for ...

Last year, surgeons performed 148 lung transplants, the most in a single year since Northwestern's lung transplant program ...

Lung cancer is often associated with smoking, but for Devonne, the diagnosis after an X-Ray came as a complete shock.