There are two main types of chest wall deformity: pectus carinatum, or pigeon chest, and pectus excavatum, or funnel chest. The former pushes out; the latter sinks in. Though there can be a genetic ...

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 ...

The case is believed to be just the second reported in the scientific literature. In patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), patients sometimes present with soft-tissue hematomas resulting ...