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Cardiothoracic surgery

Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (lung disease), and other pleural or mediastinal structures.

Occupation

  • Doctor
  • Surgeon

Specialty

Medicine, Surgery

Hospitals, Clinics

In most countries, cardiothoracic surgery is further subspecialized into cardiac surgery (involving the heart and the great vessels) and thoracic surgery (involving the lungs, esophagus, thymus, etc.); the exceptions are the United States, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, India and some European Union countries such as Portugal.[1]

– 1 position

University of Alberta

– 1 position

University of British Columbia

– 1 position

University of Calgary

– 1 position every other year

Dalhousie University

– 1 position every three years

Université Laval

– 1 position

University of Manitoba

– 1 position every three years

McGill University

– 1 position every other year

McMaster University

– 1 position every three years

Université de Montréal

– 1 position

University of Ottawa

– 1 position

University of Toronto

– 1 position

Western University

Cardiac surgery

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(removal of a lobe of the lung)[44]

Lobectomy

Sublobar resection (removal of part of lobe of the lung)

Segmentectomy (removal of an anatomic division of a particular lobe of the lung)

(removal of an entire lung)

Pneumonectomy

Wedge resection

(removal of an associated tubular section of the associated main bronchial passage during lobectomy with subsequent reconstruction of the bronchial passage)

Sleeve/bronchoplastic resection

(minimally invasive approach to lobectomy that may allow for diminished pain, quicker return to full activity, and diminished hospital costs)[45][46]

VATS lobectomy

(removal of the esophagus)

esophagectomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

The Cardiothoracic Surgery Network

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

American Association for Thoracic Surgery

International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery