Diagnosis and surgical treatment of the following diseases:
- Lung cancer or space-occupying lesions of the lung;
- Tumors and cysts of the mediastinum, pleura, chest wall;
- Lung malformations;
- Bullous disease, spontaneous pneumothorax;
- Bronchiectasis requiring surgical treatment;
- Parasitic diseases of the lung (echinococcosis, alveococcosis, etc.);
- Pleuritis of unknown etiology (hydrothorax, hydropericardium);
- Retrosternal goiter;
- Surgical diseases of the diaphragm (hernias, relaxation, traumatic ruptures);
- Disseminated processes in the lungs
- Cicatricial tracheal stenosis and defects of the anterior tracheal wall;
- Pharyngeal tumors
List of performed operations:
- Pneumonectomy,
- Pneumonectomy with extended lymph node dissection for tumor diseases,
- Lobectomy
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy
- Bilobectomy
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic bilobectomy
- Circular tracheal resection and end-to-end anastomosis for cicatricial tracheal stenosis
- Reconstructive operations for tracheal and bronchial injuries
- Echinococcectomy from the lung and mediastinum
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic echinococcectomy from the lung and mediastinum
- Simultaneous sequential echinococcectomy for combined echinococcosis of the thoracic and abdominal cavities
- Thymectomy
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy
- Strumectomy
- Laryngectomy
- Diaphragmatic relaxation plasty
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic diaphragmatic relaxation plasty
- Rib resection for chest wall masses
- Pleurectomy and decortication
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic pleurectomy and decortication
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic interventions for bullous disease and pleural pathologies
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy of lung and mediastinal masses,
- Bronchoscopic biopsy and removal of tracheal and bronchial lesions,
- Endoscopic removal of foreign bodies from the trachea and bronchi,
- Elimination of tracheoesophageal fistulas
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic pericardial fenestration for hydropericardium
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic sympathectomy for Raynaud's disease and hyperhidrosis
- In 1960, the first specialized department of pulmonary and thoracic surgery with 25 beds was established in the republic under the leadership of V. Vohidov.;
- The department of pulmonary and thoracic surgery was expanded to 40 beds in 1975 within the walls of a new building;
- Over 50 years, the department has performed 10,155 thoracic operations, the postoperative mortality rate in the general hospital is 2.3%;
- From 2009 to February 2024, the department was headed by the chief thoracic surgeon of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Professor Shuhrat Nurmatovich Khudaybergenov.
- The department performs more than 400 high-tech pulmonary and thoracic operations per year;
- The team of the department is one of the leaders in the Republic of Uzbekistan and the CIS countries in the field of tracheal, pulmonary and thoracic surgery;
- The team consists of 7 surgeons.
- The department has 25 positions
- Every year, specialists are sent abroad for training/advanced training
- Joint operations on respiratory and thoracic organs are regularly carried out with colleagues from the CIS countries
