Dr. Liao explained that the robotic approach helps protect the chest wall, lowers the risk of infection, and supports quicker recovery, better breathing, and early movement after surgery.

Abstract: Time-average speckle interferometry has been applied to obtain displacement patterns on the chest wall produced by cardiac action, in the absence of breathing, during various phases of the ...

Breathing pattern, metabolic variables, dyspnoea intensity, and total and regional chest wall volumes were measured non-invasively by optoelectronic plethysmography (OEP) at rest and during exercise.

Pleuritis, or pleurisy, is inflammation of the thin tissues that line the lungs and chest wall (called the pleura). It causes sharp, stabbing chest pain that gets worse when you take a deep breath, ...

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