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Cardio Thoracic & Vascular Surgery

The heart, lungs, and other organs of the thoracic (chest) cavity are the focus of a cardiothoracic surgeon. In addition to performing surgery, they diagnose and treat ailments affecting these organs. One of the most challenging and demanding surgical specialties is cardiothoracic surgery. In addition to doing surgery, cardiothoracic surgeons are involved in the treatment and management of a range of ailments. This includes attendance at outpatient clinics, interdisciplinary team meetings, and ward rounds.

Cardiac surgeons conduct a wide range of procedures, including:

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery – Bypassing the constricted coronary arteries, coronary artery bypass surgery restores blood flow to the heart.
  • Heart Valve Surgery – mending and replacing heart valves that are constricted or leaking.
  • Aortic Surgery – repairing a blood artery that leaves the heart that is swollen or damaged.

Thoracic surgeons conduct a variety of operations, including:

surgery on collapsed or contaminated lungs keyhole thoracic surgery (video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)) surgery on lung cancer, tumors, and cysts Deformities of the chest wall (pectus surgery)

The following are some of the most common cardiothoracic operations and procedures:

  1. Minimally Invasive Surgery
  2. Coronary Bypass Surgery
  3. Valve Replacement
  4. AVR, MVR
  5. Aortic Aneurysm
  6. Vascular Surgery
  7. Thoracic Surgery

1. Minimally Invasive Surgery

Your surgeon can use minimally invasive surgery techniques to lessen the size and number of cuts (incisions) required. It is typically regarded as safer than open surgery. You’ll usually recover faster, spend less time in the hospital, and be more at ease as you recover. Your surgeon will use small equipment, cameras, and lights that will fit through multiple tiny incisions in your skin during minimally invasive surgery. Your surgeon will be able to perform surgery without having to open up a lot of skin and muscle. Robotic technology is used in some minimally invasive procedures, allowing for more exact control over the procedure. Other minimally invasive surgeries are performed without the use of a robot.

2. Coronary Bypass Surgery

Coronary bypass surgery reroutes blood around a partially or completely obstructed section of a coronary artery. During the procedure, a healthy blood vessel from your leg, arm, or chest is taken and connected below and above the blocked arteries in your heart. Thanks to a new conduit, blood flow to the heart muscle has improved. Coronary bypass surgery does not heal the cardiac condition that produced the blockages, such as atherosclerosis in coronary artery disease. Symptoms such as chest pain and shortness of breath, on the other hand, may benefit from it. In certain people, this procedure can improve heart function and reduce the risk of dying from heart disease.

3. Valve Replacement

Your heart valves may not open and close properly if they are damaged or unhealthy. Your heart muscle is put under additional strain as a result of this. If this is the case, your doctor may suggest open-heart surgery to repair or replace your heart valve (s).

4. AVR, MVR

AVR-The sternum (breast) bone is divided to gain access to the heart during the treatment. After that, the patient is placed on a heart-lung machine, the heart is halted, and the aortic valve is replaced. MVR-Mitral valve replacement is a heart surgery treatment that involves replacing a patient’s damaged mitral valve with a mechanical or bioprosthetic valve.

5. Aortic Aneurysm

A balloon-like bulge in the aorta, the principal artery that delivers blood from the heart to the chest and body, is an aortic aneurysm. Aortic aneurysms can divide or rupture when the strain of blood pumping separates the layers of the artery wall, allowing blood to flow between them.

6. Vascular Surgery

Medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter techniques, and surgical reconstruction are used to treat illnesses of the vascular system, which includes the arteries, veins, and lymphatic circulation. Vascular surgery is a surgical discipline that treats problems of the vascular system, including arteries, veins, and lymphatic circulation, via minimally invasive catheter techniques. Vascular surgery, on the other hand, excludes the cerebral and coronary arteries.

7. Thoracic Surgery

The heart, lungs, and oesophagus are among the organs in the chest that can be operated on. Coronary artery bypass surgery, heart transplant, lung transplant, and removal of cancer-affected lung sections are all examples of thoracic surgery.

Cardiothoracic surgery is used to diagnose and treat a wide range of diseases and disorders affecting the lungs, heart, gastrointestinal tract, and oesophagus. It’s used for medical emergencies (such as a heart attack or a catastrophic chest injury) as well as routine treatments (when non-surgical options have been either exhausted or are considered inadequate). Cardiovascular surgery is considered the standard of care for several conditions, such as lung cancer. Cardiothoracic surgery can be performed on adults, children, and infants, and specialist in-utero treatments can even be used on unborn newborns.