These processes may be congenital, inflammatory, dysplastic, tumorous or traumatic in nature.
The scope of this specialty is the anatomo-functional structure of the chest, underpinned by etiopathogenic, pathophysiological and clinical bases and by diagnostic and surgical methods, excluding disease of the heart and large vessels.
It must also be regarded as including pathologies of organs located in border regions where such pathologies have implications for the chest, such as neck and subdiaphragm conditions.
Continuous progress in diagnostic and pre-operative assessment methods has significantly contributed to the extensive development of Thoracic Surgery. Technological advances have influenced tracheobronchial surgery, oesophageal surgery, and new endoscopy methods (videothoracoscopy, endoprosthesis, etc.), and have also helped lung transplants become a clinical reality.
The post-operative study of these patients also requires specialized systems. It is therefore considered that a thoracic surgeon's qualifications are, and must be, specific in all these respects, as they may be perfectly differentiated from other surgical specialties, while at the same time they are clearly linked to medical specialties, mainly Pulmonology.
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