The affections treated by the thoracic surgery concern

• the surgical affections of the thoracic wall

• the surgical affections of the plèvres and the benign and malignant pleural pleural cavity
• the épanchements
• the pleural infections and the pyothorax
• the Pneumothorax in thoracic surgery
• the thoracic channel and the chylothorax
• the Mesothelioma in thoracic surgery
• surgical Technical specific to the pleural cavity
• the surgical Affections of the pulmonary parenchyma, the bronchi and the trachea
• the surgical Affections of the médiastin (except for the Heart, which does itobject of a particular branch of the surgery)

In addition, the surgery of the esophagus concerns primarily the digestive surgeons.