Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is an uncontrolled growth of cells that start off in the lungs. Instead of developing into healthy lung tissue, the cells divide rapidly and forms malignant tumours. These malignant tumours develop in the cells of the lungs is known as lung cancer. Usually, lung cancer starts in the cells that line the air passages and it can also spread to other parts of the body.
There are two types of lung cancers based on cell size:-
- Small cell lung cancer (SCLC)
- Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer
VATS is a type of minimally invasive thoracic surgery of the chest, performed with a thoracoscope (small videoscope) using small incisions and special instruments to minimize trauma. VATS procedure done under general anaesthesia, which means they are asleep during surgery. In VATS your doctor puts a breathing tube down your throat into your trachea to provide oxygen to your lungs.
Then a surgeon makes one main incision 4–6 cm and multiple additional incisions, typically 2–4 cm small incisions in your ribs and inserts specially designed surgical instruments to perform the procedure.
A high magnification scope allows you to view the cancerous lung tissue and effectively transect and remove the tissue.
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer Price | No. of Travellers | Hospital Stay | Hotel Stay |
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USD 5000.00 | 2 Person | 4 Days | 10 Days |
Top Doctors In India For Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer
Dr. Amit Agrawal
26 years of experience , New Delhi, Delhi/NCR, India
Dr. Sushant Mittal
10 years of experience , New Delhi, Delhi/NCR, India
Dr. Samit Purohit
10 years of experience , New Delhi, Delhi/NCR, India
Dr. Chandragouda Dodagoudar
18 years of experience , New Delhi, Delhi/NCR, India
Top Hospitals In India For Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for lung cancer
Jaypee Hospital, Noida
Established in : 2013
BLK Super speciality hospital, New Delhi
Established in : 1959
Artemis Hospital, Gurugram
Established in : 2007
Medanta - The Medicity, Gurugram
Established in : 2009