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Department of Surgery

Division of Thoracic and Hyperbaric Surgery

Research fields, Methods and Equipment

Research Fields


Alpha-Ketoglutaric acid and hydroxymethylfurfural for preoperative functional improvement.
Combined stenting procedures for bronchogenic or esophageal carcinoma.
Hyperbaric Oxygenation (Toxicology, necrotizing soft-tissue infections, radiogenic lesions, pediatric indications, central nervous lesions, burn injury).
Immunomodulation by photodynamic therapy.
Immunonutrition and early enteral feeding in esophageal surgery
Impedance spectroscopy for in-vivo online monitoring of interstitial lung water
Influence of hyperbaric environment on cardiac and neuronal functional parameters.
Influence of photodynamic therapy (PDT) on immunologic parameters in patients with esophageal carcinoma.
Intersitial oxymetry during esophageal surgery
Interstitial in vivo clinical Microdialysis (lung, soft-tissue)
Intraoperative Radiation Therapy of lung cancer
Multimodal, interdisciplinary treatment of bronchogenic carcinoma.
Multimodal, interdisciplinary treatment of esophageal carcinoma.
Perioperative kinetics of IL-6, IL-8 and CRP for early diagnosis of septiform reactions.
Photodynamic tumour therapy (endoscopical: bronchus, esophagus; intraoperative: pleural mesothelioma).
Prognostic value of vitamin D3-levels in patients with malignant tumours of the bronchus and of the esophagus.

Methods


Complex resective and reconstructive procedures in the surgery of lung and esophagus
Esophageal stenting
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Immunonutrition
Impedance spectroscopy
Interstitial clinical microdialysis
Interstitial oxygen measurement
Intraoperative radiation therapy
Minimally invasive Lobectomy
Photodynamic therapy
Pulmonary laser surgery
Tracheobronchial stenting
Video-assisted intrathoracic diagnosis/resection (diagnostic and therapeutic VATS)

Equipment


Facility for video-assisted thoracic surgery
Diode laser for photodynamic tumour therapy
Experimental hyperbaric chamber for hyperbaric oxyen treatment of small anaesthetized animals.
Interventional endoscopy unit (esophagoscopy, bronchoscopy), intra-interventional fluoroscopy, jet ventilation
Oxymeter for interstitial oxymetry
Perfusion system for interstitial Microdialysis.
Walk-in drive in hyperbaric chamber for hyperbaric oxygen therapy of intensive care or outpatient cases or for intraoperative hyperbaric oxygenation.
YAG-Laser for endoluminal and open surgery (surgery of pulmonary metastasis)

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