title: [Thoracic surgery in Sweden; its structure and perspective (author's transl)].
abstract: In Sweden thoracic surgery is a surgical specialty. Treatment is organized by 5 hospitals for thoracic surgery. In 3 clinics there is although open heart surgery. From 1969 to 1977 the number of interventions on the lung, mediastinum and chest wall rose by 35%, the reason is the increasing number of patients with bronchogenic cancer. Vascular surgery (peripheral vessels) is mostly performed by general surgeons, pacemaker surgery in district hospitals. From a prospective study there is no reason to change the organization of thoracic surgery in Sweden during the next years.
mesh_terms: D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D013548:Sweden; D013903:Thoracic Surgery; D000078329:Workforce
vernacular_title: Entwicklung und heutige Struktur der Thoraxchirurgie in Schweden.