General Thoracic Surgery is the surgical treatment of diseases of the chest, excluding cardiac surgery. The specialty includes: chest trauma, surgery of the lungs, oesophagus (gullet), chest wall and ribs, the diaphragm and other intrathoracic structures.
What's
new (November 2002)
Carcinoid tumours - protocol for perioperative care or carcinoid crisis
A few more quotable quotes
How I do a minitracheostomy
At the recent European Thoracic meetings, presentations included:
- Comparison of level of anastomosis in Ivor Lewis and TTO
- Time to diagnosis in perforated oesophagus is more important than time to surgery
Quote of the week: The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent full of doubt. (Bertrand Russell 1872 -1970)
Image of the week: A minor skin wound belies the underlying pulmonary contusion of a "rubber bullet".
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