EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
TURKEY
Do cardiac surgeons perform lung resections? Yes
Percentage of lung resections are performed by cardiac surgeons? 1%
Certainty Guess
Do general surgeons perform lung resections? Yes
Percentage of lung resections are performed by general surgeons? 1%
Certainty Guess
Do thoracic surgeons perform oesophageal surgery? Yes
What percentage of oesophageal surgery is done by thoracic surgeons? 20%
Certainty Guess
Percentage of thoracic surgeons who undertake oesophageal surgery 20%
Accuracy Guess
Comments on oesophageal surgery Oesophageal surgery is routinely done only in limited centers. In some other centers, even they are training centers, oesophageal surgery is not routine.