Parkridge Medical Center recently performed Chattanooga’s first robotic-assisted lobectomy (removal of a portion of a lung). When James “Jimmy” Howard went to his physician regarding an issue with a ...

Surgery that removes only a portion of one of the five lobes that comprise a lung is as effective as the traditional surgery that removes an entire lobe for certain patients with early-stage lung ...

The lungs are a pair of organs in the chest integral for transporting oxygen throughout the body (via inhalation) and removing carbon dioxide from the blood (via exhalation). In some cases of severe ...