Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgical Procedures

Cardiac Surgery:

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG)

  • On-pump CABG
  • Off-pump CABG
  • Minimally invasive Endoscopic harvesting of radial artery and vein grafts.

Heart Valve Surgery

– Mitral valve repair/replacement
– Aortic valve repair/replacement
– Tricuspid valve repair/replacement
– Aortic root surgery
– Bentall procedure
– Surgery for Endocarditis

Heart Failure Surgery

– Dor procedure
– Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) for advanced heart failure as bridge to heart transplant and as long term therapy.
– ECMO for emergency cardiac shock.

Miscellaneous heart surgery

  • Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
  • Arrythmia Surgery – MAZE procedure
  • Cardiac Tumour Surgery– Atrial Myxoma resection
  • Pericardial Surgery
  • Pericardial window for pericardial effusion
  • Pericardiectomy

Aortic Surgery
– Aortic aneurysm repair
– Aortic dissection repair
– Debranching and endovascular stenting of arch aneurysm
– Extra anatomical aortic bypass surgery
– Endovascular stenting (TEVAR)
– Abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery (EVAR)
–  Endo vascular stenting of abdominal aneurysm.

Adult Congenital Heart Surgery
– Atrial septal defect repair
– Ventricular septal defect repair

Thoracic Surgery:

  • Minimally-invasive Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) / Keyhole Surgery
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Mediastinoscopy

Lung Cancer

– Lobectomy
– Sleeve Lobectomy
– Bilobectomy
– Segmentectomy
– Pneumonectomy
– Wedge resection
– Pneumothorax – VATS Pleurodesis
– Pleural Effusion – VATS Pleurodesis
– Chylothorax
– Empyema – decortication
– Thymoma, thymic tumours
– Myasthenia gravis – thymectomy
– Lymphoma – Chamberlain procedure

Sweaty Palms
– Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy

Chest Wall
– Tumour resection & reconstruction
– Pectus excavatum (sunken chest) repair (NUSS procedure)

Chest Trauma

– Trauma surgery. Thoracotomy
– Rib fixation by plating

Lung Failure

– Lung volume reduction surgery
– Veno-venous ECMO

Pulmonary Embolism
– Acute pulmonary embolectomy
– Emergency ECMO resuscitation.

Vascular Surgery:

Peripheral Vascular Surgery

– Assessment of peripheral vascular disease and treatment
– Axillo-femoral bypass
– Femoral-femoral bypass
– Femoral-popliteal bypass
– Vascular repair for traumatic injury
– AV fistula construction for haemo-dialysis
– Limb salvage vascular surgery
– Carotid endarterectomy.