Department of Thoracic and Respiratory Surgery
In the Syrian Specialized Hospital, the Department of Thoracic Surgery provides health care for patients with diseases of all organs within the chest cavity, including lungs, mediastinum, esophagus, diaphragm and chest wall surgeries.
The department consists of modern equipment and technologies, and is supervised by specialists with long experience and high efficiency.
Thoracic surgery is performed by several techniques such as open operations or modern laparoscopic techniques, we work to maintain an excellent record of providing quality patient care.
Services provided by the Department of Thoracic Surgery:
chest wall surgery
Treatment of rib fractures resulting from accidents and trauma and its complications such as bleeding, laceration or bruising of the lung, fixing loose fractures with metal fixators to reduce the use of respirators.
Repair of congenital malformations of the chest wall using endoscopic orthodontics
Excision of malignant and benign tumors affecting the chest wall.
pleura surgery
All diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for pleural diseases, ie diseases affecting the pleural membrane, such as purulent inflammation and malignant or benign tumors.
lung surgery
We diagnose and classify lung tumors and eradicate malignant tumors, whether by open surgery or by endoscopy.
Treatment of benign diseases such as canine cysts, recurrent pneumothorax and emphysema.
Flexible endoscopic lung biopsy.
Mediastinal surgery
All diagnostic procedures through mediastinoscopy techniques
Excision of malignant mediastinal tumors or benign tumors
Resection of the thymus gland for myasthenia gravis (a disease caused by a defect in the normal communication between nerves and muscles)
Thoracic sympathectomy for patients with hyperhidrosis of the hands referred to dermatologists.
Tracheal surgery
Expansion of tracheal stenosis by bronchoscopy or balloon technique
Surgical excision of tracheal stenosis.
Extraction of foreign bodies from the bronchi.
Bronchoscopy.
esophageal surgery
The operations of opening the narrowed esophagus resulting from the tension of the esophageal muscle through the endoscope.
esophageal tumor resection
