Análisis de la situación actual y previsión de futuro de la especialidad de cirugía torácica

Abstract

Thoracic surgery needs to limit the intake of new trainee specialists for at least the next 5 years.

Thoracic surgery and lung transplantation

“…Overall, we can draw the following conclusions from our informal survey: thoracic surgery is better appreciated than ever before; it is a necessary tool in the multidisciplinary approach to chest diseases [3]; it is excellent where it is performed as general thoracic surgery alone; there is a general lack of specialists; training programmes are becoming longer; and more action is needed in terms of accreditation and continuous teaching [4,5], in spite of the consolidation of the European Board of Thoracic Surgery.…”