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Benign Thoracic Surgical Services
There is a wide variety of benign lungs, esophageal (food pipe), chest wall and mediastinal pathologies that require surgical management. Pulmonary tuberculosis is endemic in our country and needs surgery in various scenarios. Pus in the pleural cavity, benign lung tumours, hiatal hernias, diaphragmatic hernia and benign chest wall deformities are some of the elective non cancer /benign thoracic surgery indications. Emergencies like blunt or penetrating chest trauma causing injury to the lungs, esophagus and chest wall form the emergent surgery spectrum of benign thoracic surgery.
Types of Benign Thoracic Surgeries:
Open:
- Lobectomy
- Decortication
- Esophagectomy
- Diversion esophagostomy
- Chest wall resection and reconstruction
- Diaphragmatic hernia repair
- Hiatal hernia repair
- Surgery for Achalasia Cardia
- Surgery for Blunt and Penetrating thoracic ( Chest ) trauma.
- Surgery for flail chest
- Surgery of esophagus for corrosive acid stricture.
Minimally Invasive:
- VATS decortication
- VATS lobectomy
- VATS +/-Laparoscopic Esophagectomy
- VATS +/- Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic hernia repair
- Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia repair