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Al-Orman Cardiology Hospital, Assiut University Manages in Conducting Two Rare Chest Surgeries by the Use of Surgical Chest Endoscope

  Dr. Ahmed Al-Menshawi, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Assiut University Hospitals, announced the success of two surgeries done at Al-Orman University Hospital. The surgeries were done by the use of surgical chest endoscope and this is considered one of the most complicated surgeries worldwide. The surgeries were conducted by the department of Chest and cardiology together with surgeons and world experts in the use of chest endoscopes under the auspices of Dr. Ahmed A. Gaeis, Assiut University President. Dr. Hosam Al-Arabi, Director of the Hospital indicated that the surgeries came as part of the first operational proceedings of the fourth workshop on the endoscopic chest surgeries. The workshop was organized by the Department of Cardiology and Chest Surgeries in collaboration with a number of renowned and reputable world professors and surgeons. Of these surgeons are Dr. Mustafa Yoksel, Dr. Aasem Kotlu, and Dr. Tushen Lasheen from Turkey, Dr. Alan Show from Chest Surgeries, Shanghai, China. Dr. Khaled Aamer, Professor of Chest Surgeries, England, and a number of Egyptian experts including: Dr. Hany Hasan, Ain Shams University, Dr. Waleed Abu-Arab, Alexandria University, and Dr. Amr Abdul-Latif, Mansoura University.