Thoracic Surgery
We are dedicated to providing individualised care, prioritising patient safety, rapid postoperative recovery, and long-term treatment success, always aligned with the latest international guidelines in thoracic surgery.
About
Welcome to the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the German Medical Institute (GMI).
Our department is a modern, highly specialised centre for Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, offering the full spectrum of thoracic procedures with a focus on Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS).
Operating within a fully equipped and technologically advanced hospital environment, our team manages even the most complex thoracic cases, offering surgical treatment for a wide range of conditions affecting the lungs, pleura, mediastinum, and chest wall.
Our collaboration with multidisciplinary teams within the GMI—such as Oncology, Pulmonology, Radiology, and Intensive Care—ensures comprehensive, patient-centred care. Combined with our state-of-the-art equipment, this integrated approach allows us to provide thoracic surgery at the highest standards of precision, safety, and effectiveness.
Whether you require a diagnostic procedure or a complex lung resection, our mission is to ensure that your care is conducted with excellence, compassion, and respect—every step of the way.
Our Services
• Major lung resections for the treatment of neoplasms
• Management of pleural effusions
• Resection of sternal and rib tumors with repair of the defect
• Surgical treatment of pneumothorax
• Management of airway tumors (trachea/bronchi)
• Surgical repair of chest wall deformities
• Removal of mediastinal tumors
• Treatment of chest trauma
• Surgical treatment of pericardial effusions
All with the modern method of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery (VATS – Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery) which is applied in our hospital for all types of the above procedures on the lung, mediastinum and pleura.
Services provided in detail
• Thoracoscopic -VATS minimally invasive Surgical treatment of lung neoplasms.Thoracoscopic -VATS minimally invasive Major lung resection for the treatment of neoplasms.
• Thoracoscopic -VATS minimally invasive management of pleural effusions -thoracoscopic pleurodesis.
• Surgical resection of sternal and rib tumors with restoration of the defect with modern methods.
• Thoracoscopic -VATS minimally invasive surgical treatment of pneumothorax -pleurodesis.
• Management airway tumors (trachea/bronchi)-bronchoscopic methods.
• Surgical repair of congenital chest wall deformities with 3D surgery planning.
• Thoracoscopic -VATS minimally invasive Surgical removal of mediastinal tumors.
• Thoracoscopic -VATS minimally invasive surgical treatment of pericardial effusions.
• Thoracoscopic -VATS minimally invasive palliative treatment of neoplasms.
• Performing minimally invasive medical thoracoscopy- pleuroscopy pleuroscopy of the pleural cavity and taking biopsies.
• Specialized treatment of chest injuries according to international protocols.
Research
- Combination of biomarkers in Thoracic Surgery
- Importance of soft skills in Thoracic Surgery
- Management of bleeding in Thoracic Surgery
- Perioperative management of patients in Thoracic Surgery
