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Our practice comprises one of the largest volume centers for cardiothoracic and peripheral vascular surgery in North Carolina. Our capabilities and services include:”
Cardiac Surgery
Comprehensive adult
cardiac surgical care is provided by five fellowship trained, Board-Certified
cardiac surgeons who perform more than 1000 major cardiac procedures
annually. Commonly performed procedures include:
- Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
- Minimally-Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass (MIDCAB)
- Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB)
- Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Procurement for CABG
- Valve Replacement (mechanical and bioprosthetic)
- Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair
- Stentless Porcine Aortic Valve Replacement
- Homograft Replacement of the Aortic Valve and Aortic Root
- Pulmonary Autograft Aortic Valve Replacement (Ross Procedure)
- Surgical Management of Endocarditis
- Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm or Aortic Dissection
- Repair of Adult Congenital Heart Lesions
- ABIOMED Mechanical Ventricular Assist Support
- Management of Thoracic Trauma (Heart, Lungs, Aorta, etc.)
- Pacemaker and Defibrillator Placement
Thoracic Surgery
Advanced surgical treatment
of a wide variety of thoracic diseases is provided by five fellowship-trained,
Board-Certified thoracic surgeons. Comprehensive approaches to the
management of benign and malignant diseases of the lung, esophagus,
and mediastinum are combined with modern and innovative surgical techniques
in order to provide the most effective and efficient mode of therapy.
Commonly performed procedures include:
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) for Pulmonary Resection
- Lobectomy, Pneumonectomy, Sleeve Lobectomy
- Esophagogastrectomy (transthoracic or transhiatal)
- VATS Heller Myotomy for Achalasia
- Cervical Mediastinoscopy, Anterior Mediastinotomy
- Combined-modality Therapy for Advanced Thoracic Malignancies
- Comprehensive Cancer Staging
- Combined Chestwall Resection and Reconstruction
- VATS Pleurodesis for Spontaneous Pneumothorax or Malignant
Effusion
- VATS Drainage and Decortication for Empyema
- VATS Lung Biopsy
- Laser Brochoscopy and Endobronchial Stents
- VATS or Subxyphoid Pericardial Window, Pericardiectomy
- Resection of Mediastinal Tumors, Thymectomy
- Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Emphysema
- Dorsal Sympathectomy for Hyperhydrosis
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