Diseases treated:

  • Mediastinum:
    • Congenital lesions, neoplasms and tracheal injuries.
    • Tracheal surgery.
    • Mediastinitis, cysts and tumours of the mediastinum.
    • Thymic cell surgery. Surgical indications for myasthenia gravis and other autoimmune diseases.
    • Cervico-mediastinal pathology.
  • Thoracic wall:
    • Thoracic trauma.
    • Pathology of the sternum and thoracic wall: Deformities, infections and tumours.
    • Thoracic outlet syndrome.
  • Pleura:
    • Pleural effusions, tumours and empyemas.
    • Spontaneous pneumothorax and haemothorax.
  • Lung:
    • Lung cancer.
    • Superior sulcus carcinoma.
    • Low malignant tumours.
    • Adjuvant techniques in treating thoracic malignant tumours.
    • Benign lung and bronchial tumours.
    • Surgery for pulmonary metastases.
    • Solitary pulmonary nodule.
    • Diffuse interstitial lung disease.
    • Lung biopsies.
    • Pulmonary suppurations.
    • Pulmonary abscess.
    • Bronchiectasis.
    • Surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis.
    • Thoracic hydatidosis.
    • Congenital bronchopulmonary conditions.
    • Surgical indications in haemoptysis.
    • Bullous emphysema surgery.
  • Diaphragm:
    • Surgical pathology of the diaphragm. Diaphragmatic hernias.
    • Infradiaphragmatic pathology with thoracic repercussion.

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