Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago were able to keep a critically ill patient alive for 48 hours after removing both of his lungs, the hospital reported last week. The patient, a 33-year-old ...

Lung wedge resection is surgery that removes a small, wedge-shaped piece of lung tissue. It can treat early stage lung cancer or help doctors diagnose suspicious lumps or shadows on the lungs, visible ...

A total artificial lung system developed at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine kept a patient alive for 48 hours after lung removal and prior to lung transplant, according to a study publishing Jan.

Living without lungs for two full days sounds like science fiction, but Northwestern Medicine surgeons pulled off exactly that feat in spring 2023. Their patient-a 33-year-old Missouri man dying from ...

A Doncaster woman has been left with permanent respiratory problems after part of her lung was removed following a cancer diagnosis - only for tests to later reveal she never had cancer. Erica Flatley ...