Main description:

This book provides a guide to the anatomy and the surgical techniques required in thoracic and cardiothoracic surgery. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of certain surgical procedures in relation to the lymphatic system, thyroid gland, chest wall and parathyroid glands, as well as pulmonary endarterectomy. Further, it addresses intraoperative and postoperative complications, and explores newer fields like microthymectomy, microlobectomy, and pain management for thoracic surgery patients.
Providing an update on the latest advances in thoracic surgery, it appeals to general, thoracic, cardiothoracic, and cardiovascular surgeons. It also offers trainees insights into the foundation of the techniques and the relevant anatomy.

Contents:

Part I: Thoracic Surgery: General.- Chapter 1. General Aspects of Thoracic Surgery.- Chapter 2. General Aspects of Thoracic Anesthesia.- Chapter 3. Complications in Thoracic Surgery.- Chapter 4. Pain Management for The Thoracic Surgical Patient.- Part II: The Neck Lymphnodes.- Chapter 5. Surgical anatomy of the neck.- Chapter 6. Surgical approaches and operative techniques for cervical lymph.- Part III: Mediastinal Lymphatic System.- Chapter 7. Thoracic duct.- Chapter 8. Mediastinal lymph nodes.- Chapter 9. Surgical approaches and operative techniques for the mediastinal lymphatic system.- Chapter 10. Surgical approaches and investigation techniques to the mediastinal lymph nodes.- Part IV: The Thyroid Gland.- Chapter 11. Surgical anatomy of the thyroid gland.- Chapter 12. Surgical approaches in thyroid pathology and operative techniques.- Part V: The Parathyroid Glands.- Chapter 13. Surgical anatomy of the parathyroid glands.- Chapter 14. Surgical approaches in parathyroid pathology and operative techniques.- Part VI: The Esophagus.- Chapter 15. Esophageal Anatomy.- Chapter 16. Surgical approaches for the esophagus.- Chapter 17. Intraoperative accidents and complications in the surgery of the esophagus.- Part VII: The Chest Wall.- Chapter 18. The Cervico-Thoracic Spine.- Chapter 19. The Superior Thoracic Aperture.- Chapter 20. Surgical Techniques for Chest Wall Diseases.- Part VIII: Trachea.- Chapter 21. Surgical anatomy of the trachea and the central bronchial airways.- Chapter 22. General aspects in the pathology of the trachea.- Chapter 23. Surgical approaches.- Chapter 24. Tracheal resections - intraoperative accidents and complications.- Part IX: The Lung.- Chapter 25. Embryology of the lung.- Chapter 26. Congenital malformations of the lung.- Chapter 27. The Right Lung.- Chapter 28. The Left Lung.- Chapter 29. Minimally invasive pulmonary resections techniques.- Chapter 30. Minimally invasive left pulmonary resections techniques.- Chapter 31. Minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery - anatomical segment resections.- Chapter 32. Subxiphoid approach for anatomical lung resections and lobectomies.- Chapter 33. Minimally invasive pulmonary resections techniques - Nonanatomically pulmonary resections.- Chapter 34. Pulmonary Resections in the Extensive Pulmonary Pathology.- Chapter 35. TECHNIQUES FOR PULMONARY METASTASECTOMY.- Chapter 36. Approaches in Robot-Assisted Thoracic Surgery.- Part X: The Pluera.- Chapter 37. Embryology and anatomy of the pleura.- Chapter 38. Classical and minimally invasive approaches and surgical techniques for malignant pleural effusions.- Chapter 39. PLEURAL EMPYEMA.- Chapter 40. Chest Tube.- Chapter 41. Approaches and surgical techniques in the pleural tumors.- Chapter 42. Intraoperative Accidents and Postoperative Complications in the Surgery of Pleural.- Part XI: The Mediastinum.- Chapter 43. Surgical Anatomy of the Mediastinum.- Chapter 44. Generalities of the transcervical approach to the mediastinum.- Chapter 45. Approaches and surgical techniques in the thymus pathology.- Chapter 46. APPROACHES AND SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR ANTERIOR MEDIASTINAL PATHOLOGY.- Chapter 47. Approaches and surgical techniques in the visceral mediastinal pathology.- Chapter 48. Approaches and surgical techniques for costovertebral sulcus pathology.- Chapter 49. Approaches and surgical techniques for superior vena cava syndrome.- Chapter 50. Approaches and surgical techniques for mediastinal infectious diseases.- Chapter 51. Minimally invasive thymectomy.- Chapter 52. Mediastinal Pseudotumours.- Part XII: The Pericardium.- Chapter 53. Embryology and anatomy of the pericardium.- Chapter 54. CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS.- Chapter 55. Malignant pericardial effusions.- Chapter 56. Inflammatory Pericardial Effusion.- Chapter 57. Pericardial Tumors.- Chapter 58. Intraoperative Accidents and Postoperative Complications in The Surgery of The Pericardium.- Part XIII: The Diaphgram.- Chapter 59. ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY OF THE DIAPHRAGM.- Chapter 60. General Aspects in the Pathology of the Diaphragm.- Chapter 61. Diaphragmatic Hernias.- Chapter 62. Approaches and Surgical Techniques in the Acquired Pathology of the Diaphragm.- Chapter 63. MANAGEMENT OF DIAPHRAGMATIC INJURIES.- Chapter 64. POST-TRAUMATIC DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIAS.- Part XIV: The Thoracoabdominal Border.- Chapter 65. Bronchobiliary Fistula.- Chapter 66. Subphrenic Abscess.- Chapter 67. Carcinoma of the upper pole of the stomach and gastroesophageal junction.- Chapter 68. Approaches and surgical techniques for esophageal achalasia, hiatal hernia and GERD (gastro-esophageal reflux disease).- Chapter 69. Approaches and Surgical Techniques for Hydatid Cyst of the Dome of the Liver.- Chapter 70. Approaches and surgical techniques for retrocostoxiphoid hernias.- Chapter 71. Intraoperative accidents and postoperative complications in the thoracoabdominal pathology.- Chapter 72. Anterior/Posterior Thoracoabdominal Approaches.- Chapter 73. Thoracotomy as the surgical route for synchronous thoracic and non-thoracic procedures.- Chapter 74. One stage minimally invasive thoracoscopic lung resection and transphrenic adrenalectomy : surgical technique.- Chapter 75. Anterior surgical approach to the abdominal aorta.- Part XV: Lung transplantation.- Chapter 76. Extended criteria and donation after circulatory determined death (DCD) donors for lung transplantation.- Chapter 77. Bridge to lung transplantation.- Chapter 78. indications and contraindications in lung transplantation.- Chapter 79. Approaches and surgical techniques in lung transplantation.- Chapter 80. Anesthesia in lung transplantation.- Chapter 81. Postoperative complications and management.- Chapter 82. Size matching in Lung Transplantation.- Chapter 83. Lobar Transplantation.- Chapter 84. Lung retransplantation.- Chapter 85. Single versus bilateral lung transplantation.- Chapter 86. The Role of Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) in Lung Transplantation.- Chapter 87. ECMO Support in Lung Transplantation.- Chapter 88. EXTRACORPOREAL LUNG ASSIST DEVICES.- Part XVI: Pulmonary Endarterectomy.- Chapter 89. Pulmonary endarterectomy.- Part XVII: Thoracic Trauma.- Chapter 90. Thoracic traumas - general aspects.- Chapter 91. Blunt Thoracic traumas.- Chapter 92. OPEN THORACIC TRAUMA.- Chapter 93. Drainage for Thoracic Surgery.- Chapter 94. DAMAGE-CONTROL THORACIC SURGERY.- Chapter 95. Approaches and surgical techniques for chest wall trauma.