Thoracic Surgery
Situation: Consultation rooms in the Oncohealth block, lifts 10 and 11, 1st floor. Hospitalisation in Unit 55
Phone: Ext. 3854
Head of department: José Julio Zapatero Gaviria
Opening times: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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.
Recommended links:
Lung cancer prevention through screening:
- https://www.quironsalud.es/es/comunicacion/notas-prensa/programa-cribado-cancer-pulmon-puesto-marcha-quironsalud-pe
- https://www.lungscreen.eu
Other links to the thoracic surgery speciality:
Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
Avda. Reyes Católicos, 2
28040 Madrid Madrid
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