lung-tumours

Lung & mediastinal tumor (including thymoma) surgeries can be performed by conventional open method or by laparoscopy (VATS-video assisted thoracoscocpic surgery /Throracoscopy). Laparoscopic or Laproscopic cancer surgery has several advantages over conventional open surgery with same cure rate. Only surgery is curative in most of the cancers. Additional therapies (chemotherapy & radiotherapy) are mostly supportive. But, many patients and their relatives try to avoid surgery for the fear of the immense trauma for their loved ones, resulting in patient getting wrong or less effective treatment. With laparoscopy the trauma is much less and makes the treatment more acceptable. The Team MACS precisely addresses all these issues and works relentlessly for a better life.

Lungs a pair of air filled spongy organs located within chest that are involved in exchange of gas. The trachea or wind pipe carries inhaled air to the lungs. Trachea divides in br¬onchi which further divide into smaller branches before becoming microscopic and ending alveoli. Tumors of lung can arise from lung tissue itself (small cell cancer, squamous, adenocarcinoma, etc.) or could have spread from other organs (colon, rectum, kidney, etc.) or due to some infection (Tuberculosis or Hydatid cyst).

Mediastinum is the area in between the two lungs. This contains the heart, main blood vessels of the body and lymph nodes (small nodular structures that are present throughout the body that clear the tissue fluids). It also contains an organ called thymus. Thymomas refer to tumors arising in thymus and these can be cancers or non-cancerous. Also some thymomas can produce a form of paralysis called Myasthenia Gravis which can be life threatening. Apart from these the lymph nodes in the mediastinum may get affected (lymphomas) when they need to be biopsied for confirmation.