Esophageal Cancer Treatment What are the symptoms of esophageal cancer? The most common symptom of esophageal cancer is dysphagia. The patients lose weight in a period of few months. Excessive drooling can be a symptom in elderly patients. In case of advanced metastatic cancer, hoarseness, flank pain and shortness of breath are also seen. How…
Lung and Chestwall Cancer Surgery The chest cavity is the second largest hollow space of the body which holds crucial organs such as heart, lungs, major arteries and veins of the body, to sustain life. The chest wall is the boundary of the chest cavity and provides protection for all these vital organs. The chest…
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a type of minimally invasive surgical technique which is safer than conventional surgery to diagnose and treat a wide range of disorders of the chest and lungs. In order to provide a minimally invasive VATS technique surgeons use a specialized tiny camera called thoracoscope. Today with the use of VATS…
