A stent is a hollow tube that can be placed in your airway to open the narrowed area and help you breathe. A stent opening the narrowed area of an airway. The stent can be placed in either your trachea or your bronchi, depending where the narrow area is. The implantation of self-expandable stents is a minimally invasive method of managing benign tracheal…
THORACIC (CHEST) SURGICAL PROCEDURES (Assoc. Prof. Erkan YILDIRIM, MD, PhD, f.e.t.c.s. / Thoracic & Lung Transplant Surgeon / Istanbul –TURKEY) Video-Assisted Minimal Invasive Chest Surgery SURGICAL PROCEDURES ICU Stay: No HOSPITAL Stay: 1 day (rarely 2 days) TOTAL Stay in TURKEY (range in DAYS*; unless any other complications!): 2 Days GENERAL INFO Before Surgery Consultations…
THORACIC (CHEST) SURGICAL PROCEDURES (Assoc. Prof. Erkan YILDIRIM, MD, PhD, f.e.t.c.s. / Thoracic & Lung Transplant Surgeon / Istanbul –TURKEY) Video-Assisted Minimal Invasive Chest Surgery: Mediastinal Tumor/Cyst Surgery ICU Stay: 1 day HOSPITAL Stay: 5-6 days TOTAL Stay in TURKEY (range in DAYS*; unless any other complications!): 14 – 16 Days GENERAL INFO Before Surgery…
THORACIC (CHEST) SURGICAL PROCEDURES (Assoc. Prof. Erkan YILDIRIM, MD, PhD, f.e.t.c.s. / Thoracic & Lung Transplant Surgeon / Istanbul –TURKEY) Video-Assisted Minimal Invasive Chest Surgery: Lung Biopsy/Wedge Resection ICU Stay: No HOSPITAL Stay: 3-4 days TOTAL Stay in TURKEY (range in DAYS*; unless any other complications!): 5 – 7 Days GENERAL INFO Before Surgery Consultations…
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery is a way of performing surgery in the chest through small incisions, without making large cuts or incisions in the body, and does not require spreading apart of the ribs. Surgeons use a camera and instruments to get to the lung through small incisions in between the ribs. There are two…
Indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs) are increasingly being used for patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusions. They are simple to place and can be done on an outpatient basis under local anesthesia. IPCs uniformly relieve dyspnea and improve quality of life of patients with malignant pleural effusions. In some patients with recurrent non-malignant pleural effusions (chylothorax,…
Early diagnosis of lung cancer plays a pivotal role in reducing lung cancer death rate. Cytological techniques are safer, economical and provide quick results. Bronchoscopic washing, brushing and fine needle aspirations not only complement tissue biopsies in the diagnosis of lung cancer but also comparable. Lung cancer is one of the most prevalent and lethal…
Rigid bronchoscopy is the traditional method of diagnosis and management of foreign body (FB) aspiration in children. In optimized clinical settings, flexible bronchoscopy can be considered a feasible procedure for the removal of airway FBs using a laryngeal mask airway as a conduit in children. FB in adults is not rare in adults and, even if there are no clinical or radiological findings,…
Hyperhidrosis (HH) and facial blushing (FB) cause severe embarrassment, presenting not only psychological and social problems but also educational and occupational handicaps. Sympathicotomy has proved to be a good choice of treatment. Compensatory sweating (CS) is the most common complication of sympathicotomy, it develops in about 30–75% of patients and may be troublesome in 5%.The main disadvantage…
One operation used to treat esophageal cancer is esophagectomy. During esophagectomy, surgeon removes the portion of your esophagus that contains the tumor, along with a portion of the upper part of your stomach, and nearby lymph nodes. The remaining esophagus is reconnected to your stomach. SURGICAL PROCEDURES ICU Stay: 1 day HOSPITAL Stay: 5-7 days TOTAL Stay in TURKEY (range in DAYS*; unless any other…
