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Chest wall reconstruction
Chest wall reconstruction is the surgical restoration of skeletal stability, airtight closure, and soft-tissue coverage of the chest wall after tumor resection, trauma, infection, or correction of congenital defects.
Chest wall resection
Chest wall resection is the removal of a full-thickness portion of the chest wall, including muscle and bone, performed mainly for tumors and followed by reconstruction.
Extended thymectomy
Extended thymectomy is an operation that removes the thymus gland together with the surrounding anterior mediastinal fat, from diaphragm to thyroid, used mainly to treat myasthenia gravis.
Mediastinal lymph node dissection
Mediastinal lymph node dissection (MLND) is the surgical removal of all mediastinal lymph node packets during lung cancer resection, performed for accurate staging and regional disease control.
Nuss procedure
The Nuss procedure, or MIRPE, is a minimally invasive surgery for pectus excavatum that pushes the sunken chest outward with a bar placed under the sternum.
Rib fixation
Rib fixation, formally surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF), is an operation that uses plates, screws, or intramedullary splints to hold broken ribs in place after severe blunt chest trauma.
Rib resection
Rib resection is the surgical removal of a rib to relieve thoracic outlet syndrome, most often via the transaxillary first rib resection known as the Roos procedure.
Robotic thymectomy
Robotic thymectomy is a minimally invasive operation in which a surgeon uses a robot-assisted system, typically the da Vinci platform, to remove the thymus through small chest incisions.
Sympathectomy
Sympathectomy is a surgical procedure that interrupts sympathetic nerves to treat primary hyperhidrosis, facial blushing, and selected cardiac or vascular conditions, with Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy (ETS) being the modern standard.
Thoracoplasty
Thoracoplasty is a chest wall operation in which ribs are resected to shrink the chest, eliminating pleural spaces such as chronic empyema or infected postpneumonectomy cavities.
Thoracoscopic thymectomy
Thoracoscopic thymectomy is a minimally invasive operation that removes the thymus gland and surrounding fat through small chest incisions, performed mainly for myasthenia gravis and small thymic tumors.