What is Thoracic Surgery?
Thoracic surgery is a branch that performs surgical interventions for organs such as the heart, lungs, larynx, chest wall, diaphragm and mediastinum in the chest area. In addition to performing surgical intervention for disorders in these organs, they can also take part in the diagnosis and follow-up of diseases. Thoracic surgeons offer services in the following areas:- Chest Wall Surgery
- Lung Surgery
- Cardiac Surgery
- Chest Wall Reconstruction
- Mediastinal Surgery
- Esophageal Surgery
- Surgical Management of Chest Traumas
What Diseases Does Thoracic Surgery Treat
Thoracic surgery deals with all of the diseases that affect the organs located in the chest and require surgical intervention and follow-up. We can list the main ones as follows: Lung Diseases:- Lung cancer
- Pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Lung abscesses
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Heart valve diseases
- Coronary artery disease (coronary artery bypass surgery, stent placement in the heart vessels)
- Cardiac aneurysms
- Congenital heart diseases
- Rib fractures
- Chest wall tumors
- Chest deformities (for example, pectus excavatum or pectus carinatum)
- Chest cage injuries
- Internal injuries caused by chest trauma
- Mediastinal tumors
- Mediastinitis (inflammation of the mediastinum)
- Mediastinal cysts
- Esophageal cancer
- Esophageal diverticulae
- Esophageal strictures
- Breast cancer
- Breast fibroadenomas
- Breast inflammation
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid nodules
- Parathyroid gland disorders
- Liver metastases
- Bone metastases
- Metastatic tumors originating from other organs
Liv Hospital Thoracic Surgery
At Liv Hospital, cancer surgery interventions are performed with all kinds of techniques in our operating rooms equipped with state-of-the-art devices. At Liv Hospital Thoracic Surgery Clinic, surgical treatment options are offered for mediastinal tumors, non-cancerous problems of the lungs, chest wall anomalies, sweating problems (hand, armpit, face, etc.) and esophageal diseases. In addition, there are also surgical intervention services for many chest diseases. We can list some of them as follows:- Mediastinal tumors / Lung cancer
- Non-cancerous problems of the lungs
- Chest wall anomalies
- Sweating problems (Hand / armpit)
- Esophageal surgery
- Thoracoscopic and Robotic surgery
- Thymus Diseases
- Thoracic Malignancies
- Pleural (Lung membrane) disorders
- Trachea (windpipe) surgery
- Thoracic traumas
- Pneumothorax (lung deflation)
- Bronchoscopic and surgical treatment of emphysema
