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Descriptor
English
:
Thoracic Surgery
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Cirugía Torácica
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Cirurgia Torácica
Synonyms
English
:
Cardiac Surgery
Heart Surgery
Tree Number:
H02.403.810.803
Definition
English
:
A surgical specialty concerned with
diagnosis
and treatment of disorders of the heart, lungs, and
esophagus
. Two major types of
thoracic surgery
are classified as pulmonary and cardiovascular.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
a surg specialty: do not confuse with
THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES
(Cat E4); SPEC qualif; do not use for surg of specific thoracic organs ( = organ /surg) or specific thoracic dis ( =
disease
/surg); DF: THORACIC SURG
See Related
English
:
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures
Thoracic Surgical Procedures
History Note
English
:
80; was THORAX /surgery 1966-79 & SURGERY, THORACIC (NON MESH) before 1980
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ED
education
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MA
manpower
MT
methods
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
14290
Unique Identifier:
D013903
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