The Department of Thoracic Surgery

    The Department of Thoracic Surgery at Anzhen Hospital has earned a reputation of proficiency in high level diagnostic procedures and advanced forms of treatment for pulmonary diseases. This department’s collection of very professional and skilled physicians has performed upwards of 10,000 operative procedures and continually advances its field with great success.
     The department has successfully performed a number of highly-difficult operations, such as resection of tracheal tumor, bilateral bronchial and pulmonary artery anastomosis to the remaining otherwise-resected lung, anastomosis of a colon-replaced esophagus to the esophageal opening in the lower laryngeal area, resection of giant mediastinal tumors, etc. More than 10 operations have been performed concurrently with coronary by-pass procedures for patients with multiple ailments. With the advent of bronchoscopic lung biopsy under bilateral fluoroscopy, the department has been much more proficient in diagnosis of pulmonary cancer and other significant conditions. Physicians are also using intrabronchial arterial embolizaiton to treat massive hemoptysis with considerable success.
    The Department of Thoracic Surgery has taken on the significant responsibility of advancing medical techniques in China and to train doctorate postgraduates in these revolutionary procedures, earning this department several scientific and technical progress awards.