Mr Giuseppe Aresu

Mr Aresu undertook his Cardiothoracic specialist training in Padua, Udine (Italy) and in Bristol (UK).In November 2011 he started working as consultant thoracic surgeon in Udine where he developed the minimally invasive program (VATS and robotic) for lung resections and thymectomies introducing in January 2014 the uniportal vats lobectomy program and in September 2015 the uniportal subxiphoid thymectomy program.Between 2015 and 2017 he spent several periods of training in the Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital the biggest thoracic surgery Unit in the world. During his fellowship in minimally invasive thoracic surgery in Shanghai he further improved his clinical expertise in key hole uniportal VATS lobectomy, uniportal vats segmental lung resections and uniportal VATS subxiphoid approach for lung resections and thymectomies.Mr Aresu has been appointed Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at Papworth from July 2016.

Key hole minimally invasive surgery: about 90% of my cases are done using a minimally invasive approach with benefit in terms of reduction of the post operative pain and overall perioperative complications and faster recoveryUniportal VATS: operation done using only one 2 to 4 cm intercostal incisionSubxiphoid VATS: operation done using only one 2 to 4 cm incision at the level of the subxiphoid region with potential benefits in terms of reduction of acute and chronic pain, faster recovery and better quality of life after the operation.Lung cancer surgery:VATS Lobectomies: about 90% of the anatomical lung resections performed by my team are done using a minimally invasive approach:Uniportal VATS or Subxiphoid VATS.Minimally invasive uniportal VATS approach for lung segmentectomies.Minimally invasive uniportal VATS approach in patients with poor lung functionMaximally invasive thoracic surgery for locally advanced lung cancer.Mediastinal surgery:Minimally invasive Uniportal VATS subxiphoid thymectomy for myasthenia gravis and thymoma resection: operation done using only one 2 to 4 cm incision at the level of the subxiphoid region with potential benefits in terms of reduction of acute and chronic pain, faster recovery and better quality of life after the operation.Surgery for advanced thymomasSurgery for chest wallRib fixationChest wall resection and reconstructionRepair of congenital chest wall deformity:Pectus excavatum: minimally invasive Nuss procedure, Ravitch procedure.Pectus carenatumSurgery for pneumothorax and emphysematous disease of the lung using aminimally invasive approach, Uniportal VATS or Subxiphoid VATS, in the 100% of the patients.Minimalive invasive uniportal subxiphoid VATS approach for bilateral pneumothorax or bilateral enphisematous disease: using this approach is possible to perform bilateral operation through a single hole in the subxiphoid region with potential benefits in terms of reduction of acute and chronic pain, faster recovery and bett