Lung Conditions

The Division of Thoracic Surgery at Mass General Hospital is well-known and well-respected for its treatments of various lung conditions including:

• Lung cancer
• Bronchogenic cysts
• Emphysema
• Empyena
• Pleural effusion and malignant pleural effusion
• Small lung nodules
• Superior sulcus tumors

Lung Surgery

Our surgical treatments include both open and minimally invasive surgical techniques, covering the gamut of all surgical procedures for diseases of the lung. Among our offerings are:

• Biopsies
• Interstitial lung disease
• Lung volume reduction surgery
• Pulmonary thromboendartectomy
• Lung transplantation
• Many types of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) procedures for the lung