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🫁 Thoracic Surgery 

General Description

Thoracic Surgery is a surgical specialty that performs the surgical diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the lungs, mediastinum, pleura, chest wall, trachea and esophagus.

The Department of Thoracic Surgery at our hospital successfully treats many vital diseases such as lung cancer, chest traumas, and airway obstructions in operating rooms equipped with modern surgical approaches and technological infrastructure.


Services Provided

  • Lung cancer surgery (lobectomy, pneumonectomy)

  • Treatment of chest wall masses, deformities and traumas

  • Drainage of pleural fluid accumulation (effusion), empyema and pleural diseases

  • Pneumothorax (collapsed lung) and air leak surgery

  • Surgery for mediastinal tumors

  • Surgical treatment of obstructions in the trachea and bronchi

  • Minimally invasive surgeries: VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery)

Advanced imaging and endoscopic methods such as CT, PET-CT and bronchoscopy are used effectively in the diagnostic process.


Education and Academic Activities

The Department of Thoracic Surgery aims to provide medical students and surgical residents with basic surgical knowledge and skills:

  • Case discussions

  • Thoracoscopic simulations

  • Clinical follow-up training

  • Participation in national and international congresses
    It carries out multifaceted academic studies such as.


Vision and Goals

As the Department of Thoracic Surgery;

  • Aiming for a high success rate in early diagnosis and surgical intervention,

  • Encouraging minimally invasive surgery that increases patient comfort,

  • Working with a multidisciplinary approach,

  • Caring about education and scientific production
    We provide health services with an understanding.

Our goal is to be a reliable and effective surgical center for respiratory and thoracic cavity diseases.

Ahmet acıpayam

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmet ACIPAYAM

Thoracic Surgery
ahmetacipayam@ksu.edu.tr
Mehmet değirmenci

Dr. Lecturer MEhmet DEĞIRMENCİ

Thoracic Surgery
mehmetdegirmenci@ksu.edu.tr
Fatoş kozanlı

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatoş KOZANLI

Thoracic Surgery
Head of Department
fatoskozanli@ksu.edu.tr