Our partnered hospitals specialize in Thoracic Surgery, a medical discipline focused on the surgical treatment of diseases and injuries affecting the organs within the thoracic cavity—excluding the heart. This includes the chest wall, ribs, lungs, pleura, mediastinum, diaphragm, and esophagus.
Key Surgical Procedures Offered
- Biopsies: Both closed (needle) and open (surgical) methods are utilized to obtain tissue samples from the lungs, lymph nodes, or pleura for diagnostic purposes.
- Bronchoscopy: This painless procedure involves the examination of airways under anesthesia using a tube with a light source. It serves both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, including tissue sampling and the insertion of stents or laser treatment to relieve airway obstructions.
- Esophagoscopy: Used for diagnosing and treating trauma, foreign objects, and tumors (both benign and malignant) in the esophagus.
- Mediastinoscopy and Mediastinotomy: Techniques for sampling lymph node tissue for diagnostic and staging purposes, performed under anesthesia with a lighted tube.
- Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy (VATS): This minimally invasive technique allows for various procedures through 2-3 small incisions, including fluid drainage, tissue sampling, and surgeries such as metastasis removal, cyst excision, and pleural stripping, all aimed at reducing blood loss.
- Chest Wall Surgery: Includes corrective procedures for rib cage malformations (such as the Nuss procedure) and surgical treatment for injuries and diseases affecting the chest wall, ribs, and muscles.
- Volume Reduction Surgery: Targeted at patients with emphysema, this surgery aims to improve respiratory functions, exercise capacity, and overall quality of life by reducing symptoms like dyspnea.
- Cancer Surgery: Focused on the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of lung cancer, including the excision and resection of affected lung tissue .
- Surgical Treatment of Pleural and Lung Conditions: Addresses alveolar rupture, inflammatory lung diseases, and their consequences (such as bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, and aspergillosis). This category also includes surgeries for congenital lung abnormalities and the treatment of pleural conditions like hydatid cysts, pleuritis, empyema, and pleural tumors.
Our partners are committed to leveraging advanced surgical techniques and compassionate care to improve patient outcomes and enhance quality of life.
