Health First’s Heart & Vascular Program has earned its third straight 3-star overall isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) recognition from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). [...] ...

Among patients with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer, long-term survival was better with lobectomy or segmentectomy vs. wedge resection, according to results presented at the Society of Thoracic ...

New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...

Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive, U.S. researchers ...

Greater inclusion of women in surgical trials and reporting of sex-based treatment effects are warranted, they say.

Though many Los Angeles-area parks and museums closed because of air quality or other concerns, several have reopened, ...

Medicare beneficiaries with emphysema who received an endobronchial valve vs. lung volume reduction surgery faced elevated ...

For patients with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), lung resections, including lobectomy and segmentectomy, are ...

For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity ...

Joseph Sabik III, MD, named president of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for 2025 term. Learn more about his background and leadership history here.

In patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a novel analysis evaluating surgeon preference for multi- ...

New research presented at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that anatomic lung resections, ...