Tips and Tricks in Thoracic Surgery

✍ Scribed by Dakshesh Parikh, Pala B. Rajesh

• Publisher: Springer London
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 491
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

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

✦ Subjects

Medicine & Public Health; Thoracic Surgery