Thoracic Surgery

The Thoracic Surgery Department at Ars Medica, located in the heart of North Rome, evolved from general surgery and has progressively specialized in the study and surgical treatment of a wide range of thoracic conditions, excluding those that fall under cardiac surgery. This includes benign and malignant diseases of the chest wall, pleura, lungs, trachea, mediastinum, diaphragm, and esophagus.

The highly skilled thoracic surgery team at Ars Medica is equipped to handle both simple and complex conditions with the utmost safety, providing high-quality, personalized, and targeted care.

In the oncological field, thoracic surgery addresses all tumors within the thoracic region, particularly primary and secondary cancers of the lung, esophagus, thymus, pleura, and chest wall. Every therapeutic decision is made in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team that includes pulmonologists, radiologists, nuclear medicine specialists, oncologists, radiotherapists, immunologists, and anesthesiologists, ensuring the implementation of the most modern and effective treatment protocols. Special emphasis is placed on planning combined chemo-surgical or radio-chemo-surgical therapies for advanced cancers, such as stage III and IV lung cancers, tracheal cancers, esophageal cancers, thymus cancers, and pleural cancers.

Ars Medica is equipped with operating rooms that house all the necessary technologies to meet the demands of various conditions, supporting both traditional approaches and minimally invasive surgery, including video-assisted and robotic procedures.

What does the Thoracic Surgery Department at Ars Medica treat?

The primary conditions treated include:

• Lung cancer
• Esophageal cancer
• Thymus tumors
• Pulmonary metastases
• Pleural mesothelioma
• Malignant pleural effusion (pleurodesis)
• Chest wall tumors and diaphragm disorders
• Chest trauma
• Benign pleural conditions (pneumothorax, benign pleural effusion)
• Palmar hyperhidrosis (thoracic sympathectomy)
• Functional esophageal disorders (diverticula, hiatal hernia, achalasia).