Cardiothoracic surgery

In medicine, the field of (cardio)thoracic surgery is involved in the surgical treatment of diseases affecting the heart (cardiovascular disease) and lungs (lung disease).

Procedures:

Heart
- Coronary artery bypass surgery
- Valve replacement
- Congenital heart disease
Pulmonology
- Mediastinoscopy
- Video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS)
- Lobectomy (e.g. for lung cancer)
- Bullectomy (for a bulla in emphysema

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Anesthesiology - Dermatology - Emergency Medicine - General practice - Intensive care medicine - Internal medicine - Neurology - Obstetrics & Gynecology - Pediatrics - Public Health & Occupational Medicine - Psychiatry - Radiology - Surgery

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Cardiology - Endocrinology - Gastroenterology - Hematology - Infectious diseases - Nephrology - Oncology - Pulmonology - Rheumatology

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General surgery - Cardiothoracic surgery - Neurosurgery - Ophthalmology - Orthopedic surgery - Otolaryngology (ENT) - Plastic surgery - Urology - Vascular surgery

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