Thoracic surgery is concerned with the chest. The primary objectives of thoracic surgery include the diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury to organs within the chest wall. A full range of surgical procedures pertaining to the heart and its functions may be found in our Heart Center pages. Thoracic surgery procedures routinely performed at Little Company of Mary Hospitals include:

Permanent Pacemaker insertion
Thoracotomy
Mediastinoscopy
Mediastinostomy
Thoroscopy