CHEST SURGERY

The Department of Chest Surgery is headed by Prof. Andreja Arsovski, MD, an eminent and experienced specialist. Within 35 years of experience, his expertise have been the most complex interventions of breast, thyroid gland, lungs, chest wall and varicose veins.

Multidisciplinary approach and state-of-the-art technology provide each patient with a complete individual treatment plan even for the most complex problems.

BREAST

• Benign breast diseases (cysts, fibroadenomas, intraductal papillomas, abscesses and other benign surgical breast diseases)
• Guide wire marking of non-palpable and small suspected breast lesions (microcalcifications)
• Malignant breast diseases (sparing and radical surgical interventions)
• Reconstructive breast surgeries

THYROID GLAND

• Surgical treatment for benign diseases of the thyroid gland (cysts, nodes, benign tumors, functional disorders, diffuse goiters and other benign conditions)
• Thyroid carcinomas and their surgical treatment (partial, subtotal and total thyroidectomy with or without neck lymph node removal)

CHEST SURGERY

• Chest injuries
• Benign and malignant diseases of the chest wall (resections of the chest wall including possible use of muscle flaps or synthetic materials)
• Chest deformities, pectus carinatum, pectus infundibuliformis (using minimally invasive Nuss surgical method or using classic Rawitch surgical procedure)

DIAPHRAGM SURGERY

ESOPHAGEAL SURGERY

LUNG SURGERY

• Using VATS (Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery)
• LVRS – Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (reduction of pathologically modified lung tissue), a method used in the treatment of pulmonary emphysema
• Surgical treatment of echinococcosis (canine tapeworm) by open surgical methods or using VATS – Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery 

• Surgical treatment of benign lung conditions (cysts, bullae, abscesses, benign tumors) using VATS or open thoracotomy

• Lung carcinomas

• Radical lung resections with lymphadenectomy using staplers and other modern surgical devices and instruments

• Metastatic lung tumors

• Using VATS – Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery or using open resections with laser technologies in the treatment of metastatic lung lesions

• Minimally invasive lung or pleural biopsies

• Mediastinoscopy (mediastinum biopsies)

• VATS talk poudrage of recurrent pleural effusions

• Placing pleural catheters in the presence of pleural effusions

• Modern surgical treatment of all types of pneumothorax using Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery – VATS

VARICOSE VEINS SURGERY

• Surgical treatment of enlarged (varicose) veins using:

• Radiofrequency ablation (VNUS procedure)

• Laser treatment

• Treatment by open surgical methods

• Sclerotherapy

• Breast tumor removal

• Mastectomy

• Subtotal thyroidectomy

• Thyroidectomy (benign)

• Total thyroidectomy with lymphadenectomy (malignant)

• Varicose veins (classic)

• Simple mastectomy

• Radical mastectomy

• Pectus

• Chest wall resection

• Thoracic sympathectomy

• Early decortication

• Late decortication

• Extra anatomic lung resection

• Lobectomy

• Pneumoectomy

• Diaphragm plastic surgery

• Removal of lung echinococcosis

• Removal of lung and liver echinococcosis in one act

• Thoracic drainage

• Placing a pleurocath (at outpatient care)

• Talc slurry pleurodesis

• Diagnostic thoracoscopy

• Diagnostic thoracoscopy with biopsy

• Thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis

• Thoracoscopy with biopsy and talc pleurodesis

• Thoracic VATS Sympathectomy

• Wedge resection with a stapler

• Thoracoscopic decortication

• Exploratory thoracotomy

• Laser treatment of veins (tumescent local anesthesia + extended phlebectomy)

• Laser treatment of veins on one leg under general anesthesia

• Additional intervention of veins with laser

• Thoracocentesis

• Mediastinoscopy

• Mediastinal tumor removal