The lungs are a pair of organs in the chest integral for transporting oxygen throughout the body (via inhalation) and removing carbon dioxide from the blood (via exhalation). In some cases of severe ...

Lung scars result from an injury to the lung. They have a wide variety of causes, and nothing can be done once lung tissue is scarred. However, lungs are resilient and can endure small noninvasive ...

Robotic surgery allowed doctors at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital to remove an entire lung out of a one-and-a-half inch incision in the chest of a patient with stage 3 lung cancer. The ...