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The Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery at Medical Trust Hospital is the first in Kerala to perform Video Assisted Thoracoscopic (VAT) Surgeries. It is equipped to handle advanced procedures such as Lung Transplantation.
- General Thoracic Surgeries
- Exclusive procedures include Keyhole Thoracic Surgery or Video Assisted Thoracoscopic (VAT) Surgeries
- Single Lung Resection through Unilateral Thoracotomy viz, Pneumonectomy, Lobectomies, Bullectomy & Pneumetocele, Bronchopleural Fistula Closure, Decortication
- Surgery of both lungs through Clamshell Thoracotomy
- Mediastinal Tumours through Midline Sternotomy
- Volume Reduction Surgery of Lung
- Lung Transplantation
- Resection of Chest Wall Tumours and Reconstruction of Chest Wall
- Surgery of Diaphragm viz, Repair of Diaphragmatic Hernia, Eventration of Diaphragm
- Surgery for Tracheal Tumours and Endobronchial Tumours
- Paediatric Thoracic Surgeries
- Endoscopy:
- Fibreoptic Bronchoscopy
- Adult & Paediatric Rigid Bronchoscopy
- Endoscopic Stent Application
- Vascular Surgery:
- Surgery of Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm
- Peripheral Vascular Bypass Grafting using PTFE Graft or Native Venous Grafts
- Endarterectomy of Aortic and Peripheral Vessels
- Surgery for Varicose Veins
