The mere idea of heart surgery is enough to give anyone the shakes. Open-heart surgery used to be hard years ago. It had a ...

Securing US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance in 2010, PleuraFlow ensures that chest tubes are unobstructed in adult cardiac surgery patients and that blood or fluid has been ...

Background: Timing of chest tube removal in trauma patients is debatable. This study aimed to assess whether protocolized early thoracostomy tube (TT) removal is associated with better ...

The surgical procedure is performed under local anesthesia according to the technique standardized by the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) 10 th edition 14, followed by an anteroposterior chest ...

About a million kids get ear tubes every year to help drain fluid and treat recurrent ear infections. A new way of performing the procedure was approved by the Food and Drug Administration a few ...

Another procedure used by healthcare providers is pericardiocentesis. This uses a needle and a long, thin tube (a catheter) to drain the fluid from the heart. But if your condition makes this method ...

A blockage in your fallopian tubes can prevent you from getting pregnant. Learn about the different procedures that can help unblock them.

Recovery after a lobectomy involves weaning from a ventilator, removal of chest tubes, and more. Learn what to expect after this lung cancer surgery.

The CMS issuance of an add-on G code for in-office pediatric ear tube procedures is an incredibly important milestone.

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ningbo No.2 Hospital, Ningbo, China Background: This study evaluates the symptomatic management of prolonged pleural air leaks following pulmonary resection, assesses ...