Departments/Faculties
KNU School Of Medicine| Department | Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |
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| Introduction | The Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, since Sung Haeng Lee, PhD, successfully performed an operation on a patient with interatrial septal defect for the first time in Korea in 1959, has played a leading role in cardiac surgical procedures and possessed the highest quality of surgical technique on the basis of professional experience, knowledge, know-how, and medical practice. As for the adult human heart, the department is conducting mitral valve and tricuspid valve surgery using endoscope and not a single case of operative death has been recorded until now. And as for pediatric cardiac surgery, almost all cases of pediatric patients with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) are operable and the results of surgery are excellent compared with any other hospitals in the country. Pediatric patients with simple CHD have minimal incision surgery and not a single case of operative death has been recorded in recent years. General thoracic surgery deals with the following disorders: lung diseases, esophagopathy, mediastinal diseases, pneumothorax, pleura diseases, chest wall deformity, and hyperhidrosis. And more than 70 to 80 percent of the operations are using thoracoscope and the surgical consequences are great. Furthermore, the severe trauma center, where thoracic surgery specialists will be available around the clock, is now being constructed and will be expected to contribute to the survival rate of severe trauma patients, whose mortality rate is high at present. The department has six staff members, two clinical fellows, four residents, and two advanced practice nurses; it boasts high-quality procedures and perioperative care, intensive care after surgery, and top-notch medical student and resident education.
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| Professors | Chairman: Joon Yong, Cho, MD Lee, Eung Bae, MD, PhD (Lung Surgery)
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