Surgical Practice

Do cardiac surgeons perform lung resections? No
Do general surgeons perform lung resections? Yes
Percentage of lung resections are performed by general surgeons? Roughly accurate
Certainty Roughly accurate
Do thoracic surgeons perform oesophageal surgery? Yes
What percentage of oesophageal surgery is done by thoracic surgeons? 50%%
Certainty Accurate, audited data
Percentage of thoracic surgeons who undertake oesophageal surgery 50%%
Accuracy Accurate, audited data
Comments on oesophageal surgery Oesophageal surgery is undertaken in 4 Thoracic Surgery Departments at Medical Universities in Bulgaria