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  2. Cardiothoracic surgery - Wikipedia

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    A cardiac surgery residency typically comprises anywhere from four to six years (or longer) of training to become a fully qualified surgeon. [2] Cardiac surgery training may be combined with thoracic surgery and/or vascular surgery and called cardiovascular (CV) / cardiothoracic (CT) / cardiovascular thoracic (CVT) surgery.

  3. List of surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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    For example, in gastrectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Gastro-" means stomach . Thus, gastrectomy refers to the surgical removal of the stomach (or sections thereof).

  4. Lung surgery - Wikipedia

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    Lung surgery is a type of thoracic surgery involving the repair or removal of lung tissue, [1] and can be used to treat a variety of conditions ranging from lung cancer to pulmonary hypertension. Common operations include anatomic and nonanatomic resections, pleurodesis and lung transplants .

  5. Category:Thoracic surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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    Category for surgical procedures in thoracic surgery. Pages in category "Thoracic surgical procedures" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.

  6. Category:Pulmonary thoracic surgery - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 22 September 2019, at 23:38 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  7. Pneumonectomy - Wikipedia

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    After a pneumonectomy is performed, changes in the thoracic cavity occur to compensate for the altered anatomy. The remaining lung hyperinflates as well as shifting over along with the heart towards the now empty space. This space is full of air initially after surgery, but then it is absorbed, and fluid eventually takes its place. [9]

  8. Category:Thoracic surgery - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Thoracic surgery" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  9. Lung lobectomy - Wikipedia

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    When this type of surgery is done the chest is opened up. An incision will be made on the side of the chest where the affected area of the lung is located. The incision will be in between the two ribs located in that area. The surgeon will then be able to have access to the chest cavity once the two involved ribs have been pried open.