{"id":16378,"date":"2021-11-30T14:16:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.cardiacinstitute.bg\/?page_id=16378"},"modified":"2025-02-04T07:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T07:31:08","slug":"thoracic-surgery-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test.cardiacinstitute.bg\/en\/hospitals-and-centers\/heart-and-brain-center-of-excellence-burgas\/clinics-and-departments\/thoracic-surgery-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoracic surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

[mk_page_section bg_color=”#1e73be” padding_top=”40″ padding_bottom=”40″ sidebar=”sidebar-1″][vc_column][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h4″ color=”#ffffff” size=”48″ force_font_size=”true” size_tablet=”40″ font_weight=”400″ txt_transform=”uppercase” margin_top=”15″ margin_bottom=”0″ font_family=”Open+Sans” font_type=”google” align=”center” animation=”top-to-bottom”]Thoracic surgery[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1642142083912{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]About the department:<\/strong>
\nThe Thoracic surgery department at Heart and Brain Center of Excellence in Burgas, Bulgaria is a modern unit, meeting all healthcare standards. Thanks to the highly-qualified team and the modern medical equipment the department offers medical treatment on global level.<\/p>\n

The team is focused on minimally invasive (VATS) and robotic-assisted operating techniques. In this way we guarantee our patients comfort, minimal perioperative pain with optimal cosmetic results, short length of stay, fast recovery and rapid returning to normal life.<\/p>\n

Our specialists combine their diverse experience and qualifications to offer solutions to wide variety of conditions in the fields of thoracic, general and reconstructive surgery.<\/p>\n

Our service includes imagining techniques, functional diagnostic modalities, preoperative assessment, postoperative physiotherapy and interdisciplinary consultations.<\/p>\n

Activities:<\/strong>
\nMain focus of our work covers:
\n– operative treatment of lung cancer, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer and neoplasms of the mediastinum;
\n– diagnostic operations of diseases of the lungs, mediastinum, lymphatic nodes, including mediastinoscopy, thoracoscopy (VATS), bronchoscopy; hybrid procedures as percutaneous tru-cut biopsy under ultrasonography\/ roentgenosc opy guidance;
\n– palliative operations of end-stage neoplasms of the thoracic structures;
\n– operations of truncus sympathicus and plexus splanchnicus of hyperhydrosis and for pain relief of advanced pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis.
\n– operations of the thyroid gland;
\n– treatment of diereses of the breasts;
\n– extirpation of benign tumors of the thoracic organs and chest wall;
\n– surgical interventions for pneumothorax, pulmonary emphysema, pleural and pericardial effusions;
\n– reconstructive operations of the chest wall with congenital and acquired deformities and defects;
\n– resection, reconstruction and suturing of the trachea, bronchi and esophagus in neoplasms, stenosis and trauma;
\n– extraction of foreign bodies from the tracheobronchial tree by conventional and bronchoscopic methods, as well as provision of the airway;
\n– resection, reconstruction and suturing of the diaphragm in hernias, injuries and tumors;
\n– complete diagnosis and treatment of parasitic cysts of the organs in the chest;
\n– operations on the mediastinum – biopsy and extirpation of neoplasms, drainage for infection, mediastinal lymphadenectomy, mediastinotomy, mediastinoscopy and operations of the chest duct;
\n– corrections for upper thoracic aperture syndrome – thoracic outlet syndrome;
\n– emergency surgical interventions for chest injuries;<\/p>\n

Patients and their relatives are also provided with the support of psychologists experienced in Cognitive Behavioral and Schema Therapy.[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”120″]\n

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Colonel Prof. Borimir Vassilev<\/h2>\n\t\t\t
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