Thoracic Surgery
Liv Hospital Gaziantep Department of Thoracic Surgery is a specialty of medicine that diagnoses and treats diseases many kind of organs, except the heart, with the breast located in the abdomen, starting with the throat and ending with the upper part of the abdominal region. Diseases of the esophagus, mediastinum, lung and chest wall, starting from the trachea and related areas are the areas of study of the specialist of the thoracic surgery department. Diagnosis, treatment and surgical interventions of the diseases of these regions are performed by thoracic surgeons. Diseases that develop due to the heart and other organs other than the breast, as well as diseases that develop due to these organs, are monitored and treated by breast surgery specialists.
In Liv Hospital Gaziantep Thoracic Surgery Department,In the surgical treatment and follow-up of diseases, cancer surgery interventions are applied with all kinds of techniques with its expert staff and the latest devices of today's technology.
Diagnosis and Treatment Services of Thoracic Surgery Department;
• Early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer
• Diagnosis and treatment of chest wall deformities
• Removal of tracheal and bronchial (respiratory) foreign bodies
• Diagnosis and treatment of air and fluid collection in the lung
• Heated pleural chemotherapy application in lung and pleura tumors and TIMUS gland cancers
• Diagnosis and treatment of all types of cystic and bronchiectatic diseases of the lung
• Benign and malignant diseases of the esophagus
• Diagnosis and treatment of pleural diseases
• All Endoscopic Interventions
• Removal of foreign bodies in the esophagus (oesophagus)
• Treatment of excessive chills and bruising on the hands (Reynaud's disease) and excessive sweating with closed surgery
• Diagnosis and treatment of tumors and cysts in the chest wall and chest cavity,
• VATS: Video assisted toracoscopic surgery
• Endoscopic balloon and valve method in COPD
• Stent, laser applications in air and esophagus problems
• TOS (Thoracic outlet syndrome)
• Mesothelioma (lung membrane cancer) treatment
• Surgery of all mediastinal problems (related to the part of the chest outside the lungs)
• All breast problems that require surgery in infants and children
• Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Application