Thoracic Surgery

Carolina Surgical Associates offers a broad range of services in Thoracic Surgery as well as the latest techniques in minimally-invasive chest surgery, employing the latest surgical procedure, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS). Our thoracic surgeons can effectively manage patients with thoracic diseases or other ailments of the chest, including:

• Lung cancer
• Esophageal cancer
• Collapsed lung
• Emphysema
• Blood clots in the lungs or chest cavity
  
• Benign tumors in the lungs or chest cavity
• Hyperhidrosis
  

Our Thoracic Surgeons

Common Procedures

Lung surgery involving removal of one of the lobes of the lungs can be the treatment of choice to:

• Remove cancerous and benign tumors
• Treat injuries that cause lung tissue to collapse
• Treat permanently collapsed lung tissue 
• Remove lung tissue that is diseased or damaged from emphysema
• Remove blood or blood clots