Thoracoplasty Upper

Thoracoplasty (thoracic) is chest surgery that includes operations on the chest. One of the most common operations in thoracoplasty is upper thoracotomy.

Upper thoracotomy or thoracogony (thoraco-gonia) is an operation to open and further treat the pleural cavity, most often performed in the treatment of pleurisy and pleural complications, for example, with cirrhotic formation. During this surgical operation, the sternum is opened, the lung is exposed externally, and then the lung is removed. Such surgery may include removal of lymph nodes and (optionally) chest drainage.

This is a fairly serious surgical procedure, since the procedure is more often performed on people and even animals suffering from certain diseases. Typically, this method of surgical intervention is used for lung cancer, when the patient has metastasis in the lungs or heart. In such situations, the tumor may be in close proximity to the esophagus, so patients undergo surgical excision of the mediastinal lymph nodes, which, together with treatment of the tumor, helps prevent pleural effusion.

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