cardiothoracic surgery

Indications: - heart disease, lung disease, &/or mediastinal disease not amenable to medical treatment Notes: - see surgery

Specific

ablation of pulmonary neoplasm bronchoplasty cardiac surgery (heart surgery) creation of pericardial window lung transplantation mediastinal surgery pleurectomy pleurodesis; chemical pleurodesis pneumonectomy pneumonostomy post-traumatic chest wall recontruction resection of external cardiac neoplasm resection of intracardiac neoplasm resection of mediastinal cyst resection of mediastinal neoplasm resection of pericardial cyst/neoplasm resection of rib resection of tracheal neoplasm resection of tracheal stenosis/anastomosis surgical cavopulmonary anastomosis; bidirectional Glenn & Fontan operations thoracoplasty thoracotomy thymectomy