Surgical Procedures

At Washington Hospital Center, a large number of our thoracic surgeries are performed using minimally-invasive techniques.  Our patients find this approach to surgery beneficial as it reduces recovery time, post-surgical pain and length of the hospital stay.

Our outcomes meet or exceed regional and national data for various procedures.  Our thoracic surgeons have successfully treated more esophageal and tracheal disorders than any other center in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. 

Learn more about our surgical procedures:

• VATS thoracoscopy and VATS lobectomy
• Thoracoscopic sympathectomy
• Lung volume reduction surgery
• Heller myotomy
• Photodynamic therapy
• Stenting