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| MeSH | D019616 |
Thoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in the surgical treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax (the chest). Generally treatment of conditions of the lungs, chest wall, and diaphragm.
Thoracic surgery is often grouped with cardiac surgery and called cardiothoracic surgery.
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