Top Doctors editorial
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Thoracic surgery is a medical specialty devoted to the study and surgical treatment of diseases affecting the chest. It involves treatment of all pathological conditions affecting the entire chest cavity, specifically to the bronchi, ribs, diaphragm, esophagus, mediastinal pleura, lung and trachea. The type of pathological processes involved are congenital, dysplastic, inflammatory, tumoral or traumatic nature.