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State-of-the-Art Lung Surgery

At Jefferson, our board-certified thoracic surgeons focus on state-of-the-art approaches including video-assisted thoracic surgery, or VATS. In fact, 85 percent of thoracic procedures performed by Dr. Evans and his colleague Scott W. Cowan, MD, FACS, are VATS, nearly four times the national average.

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A Fall, Fractured Ribs and the Discovery of a Life-Threatening Condition

Carol Greenwald is a fitness buff. When an injury prevented her from running, the now-67-year-old woman became a pilates devotee, joining classes at her gym as often as possible. During a workout last spring, Carol tripped over some workout equipment, hurting her ribs. She didn’t think more of it and returned to work as a more »

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