Duke Surgeons Perform Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lung Cancer
Dr. Thomas D’Amico at Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center said Clever needed the lower third of his right lung removed. Standard lobectomy surgery would mean a large incision, cutting through muscle and cracking open the ribs. But in a newer minimally invasive procedure, surgeons work laproscopically through two small incisions.
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