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Most commonly video assisted thoracoscoic surgery vats is performed with two or three small incisions. Your surgeon may opt for a thoracotomy when it is necessary to see large portions of the lung or inner chest cavity. Transhiatal Esophagectomy The University Of Michigan Thoracic Surgery Ann Arbor Michigan Surgery Medicine Thoracic The purpose of thoracic surgery is to treat diseased or injured organs in the thorax including the esophagus muscular tube that passes food to the stomach trachea windpipe that branches to form the right bronchus and the left bronchus pleura membranes that cover and protect the lung mediastinum area separating the left and right lungs chest wall diaphragm heart and lungs. Thoracic surgery procedures . A small chest drain is typically left in place to remove fluid and air from around the lung. The procedure may be performed to remove the entire lung or a portion of the lung. Tests and procedures mayo clinic physicians and chest surgeons have experience t...