Heart surgery is the most common major surgery performed in the United States. Doctors are constantly learning new techniques, and technology plays a big role in that. Dr. Brian Hummel, a cardiothoracic surgeon with Lee Physician Group, discusses the medical advances at local surgery center, Lee Health’s Shipley Cardiothoracic Center.
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