Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital

Scope of Services

The range of treatment projects in this department is quite wide, including lung, esophagus, trachea, mediastinum, diaphragm, pleura, chest wall and gastric cardia, etc.

• Lungs: lung cancer, lung nodules, pulmonary tuberculoma, free lung, lung metastasis, emphysema, etc.
• Esophagus: esophageal cancer, esophageal atonia, esophageal diverticulum, esophageal erosion, stenosis and other dysfunctional diseases, etc.
• Stomach: Gastroesophageal reflux and gastric cardia cancer, etc.
• Trachea: Tracheal tumors, stenosis, softening, tuberculosis, and bronchiectasis, etc.
• Mediastinum: Thymoma, myasthenia gravis, teratoma, neuroma, and other mediastinal tumors, etc.
• Diaphragm: Diaphragmatic hernia, diaphragmatic defect, etc.
• Pleura: spontaneous pneumothorax, empyema, chylothorax, fibrothorax, pleural effusion, pleural mesothelioma, etc.
• Chest wall: chest wall chondroma, sarcoma, congenital malformation, lung cancer invasion, and chest wall plasty for tuberculosis, etc.
• Others: chest trauma and multiple trauma acute and severe diseases, et

Surgical methods

Exploratory thoracotomy, exploratory laparotomy, combined thoracoabdominal incision, median sternotomy, endoscopic thoracic surgery, lobectomy, partial lobectomy, bilobectomy, sleeve lobectomy and pneumonectomy, subtotal esophagectomy, gastric tube reconstruction, jejunostomy, antireflux surgery, tracheal resection and reconstruction, tracheotomy, tracheal stenting, mediastinal tumor removal, mediastinoscopy, anterior mediastinotomy, pulmonary bubble resection, pleural adhesion, pleural stripping, chest tube drainage.