Patients needing thoracic surgery can benefit from a shorter hospital stay, less post-operative pain, smaller incisions, a lower chance of complications, and a decreased risk of mortality with robotic ...

PIK3CA mutations are distinctive genetic features in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A comprehensive mutational analysis from multi-institutional ...

Our graduate medical education programs include the Baylor College of Medicine Integrated Thoracic Surgery Integrated Residency Program and The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine ...

Thoracic surgeons -- who are often grouped with cardiac, or heart, specialists for cardiothoracic surgery -- operate on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and major blood vessels inside the chest, as well ...

A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery offers rare insight into what it's like to grow up as the child of a cardiothoracic (CT) surgeon mother, revealing a powerful blend of ...

Multiple arterial grafts may result in longer survival than single arterial grafts after coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. We evaluated the use of bilateral internal-thoracic-artery ...

The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is dedicated to educating the next generation of cardiac and thoracic surgeons, which has culminated in a program whose success can be measured by the caliber of ...