Cardiac Surgery
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
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– Conventional CABG on-pump
– Off-pump CABG
– Minimally-invasive radial & vein harvesting
– Total arterial CABG
Heart Valve Surgery
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– Mitral valve repair/replacement
– Aortic valve repair/replacement
– Tricuspid valve repair/replacement
– Pulmonary homograft implant
– Aortic root surgery
– Tissue valve Bentall procedure
– Bentall procedure
Heart Failure Surgery
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– Dor procedure
– Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) implantation for heart/lung failure
– Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
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o HeartMate II
o HeartMate III
o HeartWare
Aortic Surgery
– Aortic aneurysm repair
– Stanford Type A aortic dissection repair
– Debranching and endovascular stenting of arch aneurysm
– Descending aortic replacement
– Endovascular stenting (TEVAR)
Congenital Heart Surgery
– Atrial septal defect repair
– Ventricular septal defect repair
(procedures are not limited to the above)
Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
Emergency Cardiac Surgery
– Repair of ventricular septal rupture
– Free wall rupture
Pericardial Surgery
– Pericardial window
– Pericardiectomy
Arrythmia Surgery
– MAZE procedure
Cardiac Tumour Surgery
– IVC tumour resection (renal cell carcinoma) under cardiopulmonary bypass
– Myxoma resection
Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Access
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– Sternotomy
– Minimally-invasive Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) / Keyhole Surgery
– Clampshell
– Posterolateral thoracotomy
– Partial Sternotomy
The following conditions may be treated with the above access depending on the suitability :-
Lung
Lung Cancer – early stages I / II
– Lobectomy
– Sleeve Lobectomy
– Bilobectomy
– Segmentectomy
– Pneumonectomy
– Extrapleural pneumonectomy
– Wedge resection
Pleura
– Pneumothorax – VATS Pleurodesis
– Pleural Effusion – VATS Pleurodesis
– Chylothorax
– Empyema – decortication
Mediastinum
– Thymoma, thymic tumours
– Myasthenia gravis – thymectomy
– Lymphoma – Chamberlain procedure
Chest Wall
– Tumour resection & reconstruction
– Pectus excavatum (sunken chest) repair (NUSS procedure / Ravitch procedure)
Sweaty Palms
– Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
Esophagus
– Repair of esophagus injury
– Esophagectomy for cancer of esophagus
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o Transhiatal
o 3-stage approach
o Combined laparotomy and VATS
Chest Trauma
– ER Thoracotomy
– Rib fixation by plating
Lung Failure
– Lung volume reduction surgery
– Veno-venous ECMO
– Lung transplant assessment
Pulmonary Embolism
– Acute pulmonary embolectomy
– Chronic thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)
Vascular Surgery
Peripheral Vascular Surgery
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– Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
– Axillo-femoral bypass
– Femoral-femoral bypass
– Femoral-popliteal bypass
– Vascular repair for traumatic injury
– AV fistula construction for hemo-dialysis