It can make everyday activities like taking deep breaths or moving around difficult. Muscle strains, pneumonia, a blood ...

Thoracic outlet decompression can treat thoracic outlet syndrome, ... The aim of TOD is to reduce pressure on the structures inside the thoracic cavity.

A middle-aged man whose heart had expanded to fill his entire chest cavity has been diagnosed with an extremely rare condition known as Wall to Wall Heart. In a case report published in the ...

Both the cancer-ridden lungs and lymph nodes of patients with advanced cancers need to be removed. Surgeons must wash the airways and chest cavity to clear away the cancer before putting in new lungs.