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EXTRA October 05, 2008 Cleveland Clinic to host online chat on Lung Surgery, Advances and Options. by Roxlyn Facebook

Posted Tue 07 Oct 2008 6:16pm David Mason, MD Thoracic Surgeon Cleveland Clinic Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Lung Surgery, Advances and Options �� Thursday, October 16, 2008, 12... in the treatment of lung disease. These include improvement in diagnostic techniques, medical management and new surgical techniques, including minimally invasive surgery. http Read on »

Being post-lung surgery... by Katie C. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 25 Nov 2008 11:17am ...we all know how I feel about smoking. (Come to think of it, I've felt this way my whole life about smoking.) Anyway, if you need to be really convinced to abandon your proclivity, here's a great article from US News & World Report: 12 Reasons to Really Quit Smoking If dementia isn't a convincing enough argument, then I don't know what is. Read on »

Live online health chat - Lung Surgery, Advances and Options by Karen Bastille Health Maven

Posted Thu 09 Oct 2008 3:06pm Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 12 noon (EST) Cleveland Clinic will host an online health chat on Lung Surgery, Advances and Options. During this chat, Dr. David Mason... the chat and submit your questions.Click Here. I also invite you to visit the Journey to LVRS (lung volume reduction surgery) Blog of my friend Penny. Travel with Penny along her Read on »

lung surgery follow up by Jim Allen Posted Wed 19 Aug 2009 6:25pm Today I met with Dr Birdas to get feedback on my pleurodesis (surgery on my right chest). Very happily, it seems that he feels that everything went very well and that I am.... Good news - he says that there is no problem with me going back to getting massages. Obviously, need to tell them about the surgery and the usual precautions. So...probably Read on »

Podcast: cervical cancer screening, prostate cancer treatment, lung surgery rates and a big day out at Westminster by Cancer Research UK Patient Expert

Posted Fri 19 Nov 2010 12:00am study shows that only half as many lung cancer patients in England are getting potentially lifesaving surgery compared to the best countries in the world. And finally, we hear Read on »

Malpractice defense: Stroke after lung surgery by David W. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 10 Feb 2009 10:10am & Cardiac Infection Lasik Eye Surgery Male Reproduction Medication Issues Spinal Cord Injuries Surgical Issues General Inquires Judgment for the Defense Stroke After Lung Surgery PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM: After surgery to remove a pulmonary sequestration (a cystic piece of abnormal lung tissue), post-operative bleeding occurred in a patient. The plaintiff alleged Read on »

Mortality Risk from Radiation After Surgery for Lung Cancer by Cancer.gov Posted Tue 22 Feb 2011 11:11pm ... Read on »

Lung Reduction Surgery: The Procedure by LungHealth .. Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:49pm

2 Comments PAUL MONIZ: I'm Paul Moniz. Thank you for joining us on this webcast. Today we are talking about lung volume reduction surgery for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. Lung reduction surgery can ease symptoms, but there is a stringent regimen you must follow before you'll even be considered for the surgery. Here to join us are two Read on »

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery by MO COPD Posted Mon 02 Aug 2010 9:35am Those of us with COPD unfortunately don't have many surgical options. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery is one of the few available to us. The only others that I'm aware... of the trials I hope to get into. I found this video of the Lung Volume Reduction Surgery and thought I'd share this information with you. Warning though, this video shows a true Read on »

Lung volume reduction surgery shown to prolong and improve life for some emphysema patients by COPDsurvivor Patient Expert

Posted Fri 24 Jul 2009 11:24pm Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) can have a significantly beneficial effect in patients with severe emphysema, according to the first ever study to randomize emphysema patients to receive either LVRS or non-surgical medical care. “We found lung reduction surgery is good treatment alternative for selected emphysema patients since Read on »