Tips and Tricks in Thoracic Surgery

Description

Thoracic surgery is a high-risk speciality and requires attention to detail. This book, compiled by expert surgeons from around the world, offers pearls of wisdom on how to improve the surgical outcome and how to reduce unnecessary complications. The book is designed so that it covers all common thoracic operations in both adults and children as well as dealing with much rarer indications. It includes a discussion on the complications of surgery and provides specific tips on how to avoid intra-operative and postoperative complications. Tips and Tricks in Thoracic Surgery is a fully illustrated, comprehensive text aimed at qualified and trainee thoracic surgeons. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Congenital Lung Malformations (Jörg Fuchs)....Pages 3-16 Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Severe Emphysema (Douglas E. Wood)....Pages 17-36 Primary Tumours (Lawrence Okiror, Maninder Singh Kalkat, Pala B. Rajesh)....Pages 37-51 Pulmonary Metastases (Cheng He, Cliff K. C. Choong, Paul E. Van Schil)....Pages 53-63 Lung Transplantation (Mike Mulligan)....Pages 65-72 Front Matter ....Pages 73-73 Empyema Thoracis (Dakshesh Parikh)....Pages 75-85 Bronchiectasis (Rajan Santhosham)....Pages 87-93 Fungal Infections: Current Role of Thoracic Surgeons in Cases of Pulmonary Aspergillosis (Masaaki Sato, Hiroshi Date)....Pages 95-108 Surgical Management in Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Rajan Santosham)....Pages 109-123 Lung Abscess (Dragan Subotic)....Pages 125-144 Hydatid Disease (Mustafa Yuksel, Nezih Onur Ermerak)....Pages 145-152 Front Matter ....Pages 153-153 Blunt Thoracic Trauma (Edward J. Caruana, Sridhar Rathinam)....Pages 155-174 Penetrating Injuries (Eshan L. Senanayake, Timothy R. Graham)....Pages 175-184 Front Matter ....Pages 185-185 Chest Wall Tumours (Maninder Singh Kalkat)....Pages 187-198 Pleural Pathologies and Malignant Effusion (Gregor J. Kocher, Ralph A. Schmid)....Pages 199-213 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (Mark X. Gannon)....Pages 215-223 Pectus Excavatum (Babu Naidu)....Pages 225-240 Sternal Cleft (Dakshesh Parikh)....Pages 241-248 Front Matter ....Pages 249-249 Anterior Mediastinal Tumours (Mohammed Abdel Aziz, Pala B. Rajesh)....Pages 251-259 Thymic Pathology and Myasthenia Gravis (Calvin S. H. Ng, Anthony P. C. Yim)....Pages 261-279 Posterior Mediastinal Tumors (Keith S. Naunheim, Melanie A. Edwards)....Pages 281-293 Front Matter ....Pages 295-295 Bronchoscopy: Rigid and Flexible (Sridhar Rathinam)....Pages 297-312 Acquired Tracheal Stenosis (Douglas E. Wood)....Pages 313-332 Front Matter ....Pages 333-333 Congenital Oesophageal Atresia and Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula (Rajay Rampersad, Dakshesh Parikh)....Pages 335-347 Long-Gap Oesophageal Atresia (David C. van der Zee)....Pages 349-360 Foregut Duplication Cysts (Michael Singh)....Pages 361-366 Oesophageal Tumours: Benign and Malignant (S. Michael Griffin, Barry Dent, Shajahan Wahed)....Pages 367-379 Oesophageal Strictures (David C. van der Zee)....Pages 381-387 Oesophageal Replacement by Gastric Transposition (Emma L. Sidebotham, David C. G. Crabbe)....Pages 389-401 Oesophageal Replacement: Jejunal Interposition (Janet McNally, Eleri L. Cusick)....Pages 403-413 Achalasia of the Cardia (Oscar Crespin, Carlos A. Pellegrini)....Pages 415-430 Anti-Reflux Surgery (Simon Paterson-Brown, Graeme W. Couper, Peter J. Lamb)....Pages 431-442 Front Matter ....Pages 443-443 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (Ingo Jester)....Pages 445-454 Diaphragmatic Eventration (Dakshesh Parikh)....Pages 455-459 Front Matter ....Pages 461-461 Spontaneous Pneumothorax (Maninder Singh Kalkat)....Pages 463-474 Hyperhidrosis (Peter B. Licht)....Pages 475-483 Chylothorax (Dakshesh Parikh)....Pages 485-491 Back Matter ....Pages 493-508