What is Chronic Bronchitis?
Table of Contents Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) When to see a doctor Medication Lifestyle changes How to quit smoking Is chronic bronchitis contagious? What is the difference between chronic...
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Keyhole Surgery
...05, 2019. Accessed February 26, 2019. ↩ ↩ Patient. “Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery.” July 03, 2016. Accessed February 26, 2019. ↩ Medscape. “Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS): Indications.” February 12, 2019. Accessed February 26, 2019. ↩ Great Ormond Street Hospital...
What is a Lung Transplant: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...lung transplant is often carried out on patients diagnosed with: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is a serious progressive condition, in which the damage is mostly caused by smoking...
Brain Games for Alzheimer’s
...while offering a simple, engaging experience. These games are available at major retailers like Walmart, Target, and Amazon. Video games Video games can be beneficial for people with dementia by...
What is Partial Removal of Lung: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...a rib. Open lung surgery usually takes between two and six hours. The other method is called minimally invasive video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), which is the preferred procedure for early...
What is Pleurodesis: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...performed using a variety of techniques, including video-assisted thoracoscopy, which has made the procedure less invasive than it traditionally was so it is safer and easier to recover from. Who...
What is Pulmonary Wedge Resection: Overview, Benefits, and Expected Results
...the armpit and on the side of the affected lung. Minimally invasive video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS): With VATS, the surgeon makes 2-3 small incisions in the chest region through which...
What is Pneumologie?
...Hippocrates of phthisis meaning “consumption”. Table of Contents Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) When to see a doctor Medication Lifestyle changes How to quit smoking Is chronic bronchitis contagious? What...
What is Pneumothorax?
Table of Contents Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) When to see a doctor Medication Lifestyle changes How to quit smoking Is chronic bronchitis contagious? What is the difference between chronic...
What is a pulmonologist?
...a pulmonologist is the doc you want to solve the problem. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) When to see a doctor Medication Lifestyle changes How to quit smoking Is chronic...