Conditions and the treatments offered by Washington University general thoracic surgeons include:
Airway surgery
- Tracheal resection
- Bronchoplasty
- Airway stents
- T-tubes
Benign esophageal disease
- Laparoscopic repair
- Open (complicated)
- Swallowing disorder (motility)
Esophageal cancer
Early detection
- Barrett’s esophagus
Staging
- Positron emission tomography (PET)
- Esophageal ultrasound
Resection
- Transhiatal
- Transthoracic
- Minimally invasive
Lung cancer
Early detection
- Clinical trials
- Indeterminate Nodule Clinic
Staging
- Imaging by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), PET (eight full-time Mallinckrodt Institute chest radiologists)
- Mediastinoscopy
- Thoracoscopy
Resection
- Limited resection
- Segmentectomy
- Sleeve resection
- Resection for high-risk patients
- Multifocal cancer
- Thoracoscopic resection
Lung transplantation
Lung volume reduction surgery
Myasthenia Gravis
- Transcervical thymectomy
Contact us
For a thoracic surgery consultation, call 888-287-8741.