Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
This region-leading program continues to offer patients Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Lobectomy. Over the last year, VATS has broadened to also include thymectomy and other mediastinal diseases. Going one step further, in 2008 Swedish Thoracic Surgery was the first to offer the minimally invasive robot-assisted surgery using the Da Vinci Surgical System.
Surgeries/Procedures
- Anti-reflux surgery
- Diaphragmatic hernia
- Endoscopic Zenker's diverticulectomy
- Esophagectomy
- Gastrectomy
- Intragastric surgery
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Laparoscopic hiatal hernia surgery
- Lung resection (lobectomy, pneumonectomy)
- Mediastinoscopy (lymph node biopsy)
- Mediastinal tumor resection
- Myotomy
- Nissen fundoplication
- Pleurectomy/decortication
- Pleuroscopy (thoracoscopy)
- Robotic surgery (daVinci)
- Thymectomy - VATS and robotic
- Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
News
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April 17, 2013 What should you know about pain killers after surgery?
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January 22, 2013 Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Patient Featured in Fortune Magazine Article on Robotic-Assisted Surgery
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July 25, 2012 Fixing Chest Wall Deformities: A Minimally Invasive Option
Contact Information
Swedish Thoracic Surgery / First Hill
1101 Madison StreetSuite 850
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-215-6800
Fax: 206-215-6801
Becoming a Patient
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