Medical Spotlight 7/26/10 "Lung Surgery By Video"
Published July 26th, 2010
People who need lung surgery may be breathing a little easier, a little faster, thanks to new techniques in surgery. A tiny camera and a tiny knife are changing the way lung surgery is performed. In the Medical Spotlight, Richard Proia, M.D., a cardiothoracascopic surgeon at North Florida Regional Medical Center, explains to TV 20's David Snyder how Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery is being used for a growing number of surgeries.
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