A wedge resection is a procedure that involves the surgical removal of a small, wedge-shaped piece of lung tissue to remove a small tumor. It is typically performed in conjunction with chemotherapy ...

Therefore, these patients are also treated with a transaxillary first rib resection for complete decompression ... urology, bariatric surgery, and cardiothoracic surgery. We are currently working ...

Removal of ribs – usually one ... Adult Chest Surgery. New York: The McGraw-Hill Company, 2009. Gordon MS, Hajdu SI, Bains MS, Burt ME. Soft tissue sarcomas of the chest wall: Results of surgical ...

Surgical treatment for TOS is seen as the last resort and involves resection of the first rib and scalenotomy and ... or brachial plexus and long thoracic nerve. 2 Second rib fracture as a ...

As an alternative to traditional open surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS ... Using the robotic approach, surgeons perform the procedures through tiny incisions between the ribs, ...

A separate 10 mm port placement incision is made in the anterior axillary line, and a 512 Endopath SD trocar (Ethicon Endo-Surgery ... left transaxillary first rib resection for disabling ...