THORACIC SURGERY

Multidisciplinary approach and state-of-the-art technology provide each patient with a complete individual treatment plan even for the most complex problems.In addition to Prof. Arsovski, MD, PhD, the department also includes Dr. Dragan Smilevski, a specialist in thoracic surgery with extensive experience and many satisfied patients.

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

SURGERY

• 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