Thoracic Surgery
The Department of Thoracic Surgery of Taikang Xianlin Gulou Hospital is a key specialty in Nanjing. Under the leadership of Professor Wang Dong, the discipline leader, the department has established several subspecialty areas: pulmonary surgery; esophageal and thoracic tumor ablation surgery; sympathetic nerve surgery; and trauma, chest wall, and mediastinal surgery. It can routinely perform all thoracic surgery techniques required of Grade III Class A hospitals, and has developed distinctive expertise particularly in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of small pulmonary nodules and their minimally invasive surgical treatment, single-port thoracoscopic surgery for thoracic tumors, comprehensive surgical treatment of lung cancer and esophageal cancer, minimally invasive thoracic sympathectomy for palmar and plantar hyperhidrosis, minimally invasive corrective surgery for pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum, and cold and thermal ablation treatment of thoracic tumors and malignant pulmonary nodules, among other areas of disease diagnosis and treatment. It has received support on multiple occasions from Nanjing Medical Science and Technology Development Projects. In recent years, the department has obtained 2 Nanjing Medical Science and Technology Development Projects and 2 hospital-level research projects; published 10 papers, including 4 SCI papers; and obtained 4 utility model patents.
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Doctors
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汪栋
Chief Physician
王晓臣
Associate Chief Physician
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Proficient in diagnosing and treating common thoracic surgical diseases, with expertise in thoracoscopic BLEEDINGLESS and TUBELESS surgery, lung volume-reduction surgery, partial lung resection, bullectomy, segmentectomy, radical surgery for lung cancer, mediastinal tumor resection, and radical surgery for esophageal cancer, as well as operations for common chest trauma, rib fractures, sternal fractures, and injuries to the heart and great vessels. Proficient in ablation techniques, including multiple microwave and cryoablation procedures for pulmonary nodules.