SurgSpace / Specialties / Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Lungs, pleura, esophagus and mediastinum: lobectomy planned on the bronchial tree, pleural disease from pneumothorax to empyema, and esophageal surgery that crosses two body cavities in one operation. Much of it now through keyhole (VATS) approaches.
Backdrop: Chest X-ray showing the signs of pneumothorax · Karthik Easvur · CC BY-SA 3.0
The operations
Procedures
What the specialty does in theatre, with the imagery that goes with it.
What the specialty does in theatre: each operation with its image, its indication, and the doors into OR prep and the step-by-step walkthrough.
Featured operation
VATS lobectomy
An anatomical lobe of lung removed through ports: artery, vein and bronchus each isolated and divided, nodes cleared, cancer out inside a bag.
Indication: Early-stage lung cancer with adequate lung function; the fitness assessment is half the decision.
Common and emergency operations
The rest of the list
Hub shaped by the Surgical Specialties Lead with the Thoracic surgery reviewer (open seat). Images and videos carry their source; educational use for supervised learning, not clinical guidance.