Lung transplants can be performed on persons of practically any age. Single lung, double lung, bilateral sequential, and heart-lung transplant are some of the different lung transplant surgeries available to patients in need. The majority of transplanted lungs come from dead organ donors. Transplants of this sort are called cadaveric…

Medical devices play a crucial role in helping medical personnel analyze, monitor, and treat patients. Medical devices can range from simple tongue depressors to sophisticated imaging systems and complex programmable pacemakers. The main product categories include electro-medical equipment, surgical implants and instruments, irradiation apparatuses, in-vitro diagnostic equipment, and dental goods.

Minimally invasive surgical techniques have had a huge impact on the medical field since their introduction in the 1980s and 1990s. In minimally invasive surgery (MIS), various methods and tools are used to operate on the patient with less injury than with open surgery. Computers, cameras, and instruments that make…

A cardiothoracic surgery specialist in Lexington, Kentucky, Jonathan Kiev, MD, has more than 30 years of experience in the medical and surgical field. He holds a medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and completed a general surgery internship at St. Barnabas Medical Center, as well as a general…