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Thoracic surgery is also known as thoracic surgery. It is a broad discipline in the field of medicine and surgery, dealing with the surgical treatment of intra-thoracic diseases and injuries and congenital defects in this area, in addition to heart defects and diseases.
Thoracic surgery – what is it and what diseases are treated with it
Thoracic surgery is also known as thoracic surgery. It is a broad discipline in the field of medicine and surgery, dealing with the surgical treatment of intra-thoracic diseases and injuries and congenital defects in this area, in addition to heart defects and diseases.
What does thoracic surgery do?
Thoracic surgery is primarily the diagnosis and surgical treatment of organs in the chest. This field of medicine is helpful for chest injuries resulting from accidents, including traffic accidents and gunshots. The scope of thoracic surgery also includes the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of the respiratory system (lungs). For this reason, specialists in the field of thoracic surgery often cooperate with doctors of other specialties, especially pneumologists and oncologists. Thoracic surgery is also the diagnosis and surgical treatment of tumors inside the chest and deformation of its walls.
Thoracic surgery also deals with the treatment of pleural diseases such as pneumothorax, abscesses and neoplastic lesions, as well as inflammation and mediastinal tumors. Thoracic surgery also includes operations on the trachea and bronchi, and operations on the diaphragm, i.e. the muscle that separates the chest from the abdominal cavity. The main organ that thoracic surgery deals with, however, is the lungs – doctors of this specialization carry out lung transplants.
The only organ inside the thorax that is outside the sphere of action of thoracic surgery is the heart. Cardiac surgery deals with the treatment of diseases and defects of this organ. In some countries, there is a specialization that combines cardiac surgery and thoracic surgery – this is cardiac surgery. However, thoracic surgery is not only operations and diagnostics of thoracic diseases. This field of medicine, like its other specializations, is also important in terms of prevention. Preventive examinations and early detection of diseases and changes inside the chest, especially neoplastic changes, give the patient a better chance of recovery.
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Treatment methods used in thoracic surgery
The main treatment method in thoracic surgery is thoracic surgery. Today’s methods of performing surgery, however, differ significantly from those used in the past. Nowadays, microtools that are inserted into the chest through a small incision are often used, and the operation is performed using cameras. Such procedures are much less invasive – they do not require opening the chest – and the patient recovers faster after them. A referral from a primary care physician is required to see a specialist in thoracic surgery. You can ask for such a referral also for the purpose of preventive examinations that exclude lesions within the chest, especially if cases of such diseases have occurred in the immediate family (genetic burden).
After thoracic surgeries, it is worth supporting the work of your lungs through regular training with the use of special devices, such as the Gima breathing trainer – three-chamber respirogram or the Philips IMT breath trainer with the ability to set the Threshold resistance.