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Thoracic surgery

Manager: Dr. Farahnaz Sadegh Beigee (more information)

The Erfan Niayesh Subspecialty Group of Thoracic Surgery with the most experienced surgeons in this field is ready to provide essential services to inpatients.

The physicians in this group conduct vital and challenging surgeries of the chest, visceral, and internal areas including the lungs, esophagus, mediastinum, trachea, chest wall, and diaphragm. The thoracoscopic (through a hole in the chest) and open surgeries are also available if necessary.

The most important surgical procedures:

Placement of chest tube for drainage of air, blood, and pus from the pleural space
Tracheotomy in patients with severe and long-term disorders such as level of consciousness, swallowing, or control of the breath and respiratory tract.
Diagnostic and Therapeutic procedures during Bronchoscopy (a procedure that looks inside the lung airways)
Surgery for tumors and lesions of the lung, esophagus, chest wall, thymus gland, trachea, and lung surroundings.
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
Surgery to repair penetrating and impenetrable chest and visceral injuries
Thoracic vertebral surgery by opening the chest
Surgery to repair various types of deformities and abnormalities in the chest and internal viscera

Diffuse alveolar damage and thrombotic microangiopathy are the main histopathological findings in lung tissue biopsy samples of COVID-19 patients