Procedures are often lengthy and complex, requiring support from advanced forms of technology during surgery and intensive therapy for the patient after surgery. It is a relatively young specialty which has grown rapidly since the Second World War (the first successful open heart procedure using the heart-lung machine was preformed in 1953). What do cardiothoracic surgeons do?Ĭardiothoracic surgery is the specialty involved with the treatment of diseases affecting organs within the thorax (the chest), principally the heart, lungs and oesophagus. There are ten surgical specialties and this briefing covers cardiothoracic surgery. ![]() ![]() Modern surgery has developed to such an extent that the body of knowledge and technical skills required have led to surgeons specialising in particular areas, usually an anatomical area of the body or occasionally in a particular technique or type of patient.
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