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    Dr. med. Konstantinos Grapatsas

    Thoracic surgery

    Consultant, Department of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy · Ruhrlandklinik, Universitätsmedizin Essen

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    Profile summary and areas of expertise

    Konstantinos Grapatsas is a consultant in the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy at Ruhrlandklinik in Essen, which is part of Universitätsmedizin Essen. Konstantinos Grapatsas obtained his doctorate at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Freiburg in 2021. Specialist publications previously list Konstantinos Grapatsas at the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, at Klinikum Bielefeld and at Westpfalz-Klinikum in Kaiserslautern.

    • Thoracic surgery

    Clinical work and institutions

    1. Ruhrlandklinik, Westdeutsches Lungenzentrum am Universitätsklinikum Essen (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie und thorakale Endoskopie

      • currentConsultant, Department of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy

    2. Klinikum Bielefeld (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie

      • Clinical work in the Department of Thoracic Surgery

    3. Universitätsklinikum Freiburg (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Klinik für Thoraxchirurgie

      • Clinical work in the Department of Thoracic Surgery

    4. Westpfalz-Klinikum Kaiserslautern (MedVici profile of the institution)

      Klinik für Herz-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie

      • Clinical work in the Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery

    Qualifications and training

    • 2021
      Doctorate (Dr. med.), University of Freiburg

    Publications, talks and media

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    Scientific publications (12)

    3. Diving retrosternal goiter and the dilemma of sternotomy: indications, predictors and surgical considerations (original source, opens in a new window)

      Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska (Polish Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery) (PubMed 41340691)

    5. Retained broken beer bottle following penetrating thoracic trauma: challenges in diagnosis and treatment dilemma (original source, opens in a new window)

      Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska (Polish Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery) (PubMed 39484105)

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