General Thoracic Surgery offers comprehensive guidelines on surgical management of all adult and pediatric conditions. Coverage includes detailed information on diagnostic procedures, preoperative assessment, postoperative care, and relevant basic science and physiology.

Features:

• Adult and pediatric conditions and diseases
• State-of-the-art video assisted procedures
• Organized by anatomic region
• Over 2,000 high quality images

Contents

Anatomy of the Chest Walls and Lungs

• Anatomy of the Thorax
• Embryology of the Lungs
• Ultrastructure and Morphometry of the Human Lung
• Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Lung
• Surgical Anatomy of the Lungs
• Lymphatics of the Lungs

Physiology of the Lungs

• Pulmonary Gas Exchange
• Mechanics of Breathing

Thoracic Imaging

• Radiographic Evaluation of the Lungs and Chest
• Computed Tomography of the Lungs, Pleura, and Chest Wall
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Thorax
• Positron Emission Tomography in Chest Diseases
• Radionuclide Studies of the Lung

Diagnostic Procedures

• Laboratory Investigations in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Diseases
• Molecular Diagnostic Studies in Pulmonary Disease
• Bronchoscopic Evaluation of the Lungs and Tracheobronchial Tree
• Invasive Diagnostic Procedures
• Video-Assested Thoracic Surgery as a Diagnostic Tool

Assessment of the Thoracic Surgical Patient

• Pulmonary Physiologic Assessment of Operative Risk
• Preoperative Cardiac Evaluation of the Thoracic Surgical Patient

Anesthetic Management of the General Thoracic Surgical Patient

• Preanesthetic Evaluation and Preparation
• Conduct of Anesthesia
• Management of the Difficult Airway
• Anesthesia for Pediatric General Thoracic Surgery

Pulmonary Resections

• Thoracic Incisions
• General Features of Pulmonary Resections
• Technical Aspects of Lobectomy
• Sleeve Lobectomy
• Pneumonectomy and Its Modifications
• Tracheal Sleeve Pneumonectomy
• Segmentectomy and Lesser Pulmonary Resections
• Instruments and Techniques of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
• Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Wedge Resection, Lobectomy, and Pneumonectomy
• Mediac Sternotomy and Parasternal Approaches to the Lower Trachea and Main Stem Bronchi
• Extended Resection of Bronchial Carcinoma in the Superior Pulmonary Sulcus
• Anterior Approach to Superior Sulcus Lesions
• Complications of Pulmonary Resection
• Management of Perioperative Cardiac Events

Postoperative Management of the General Thoracic Surgical Patient

• General Principles of Postoperative Care
• Ventilatory Support of Postoperative Surgical Patients

The Chest Wall

• Chest Wall Deformities
• Infections of the Chest Wall
• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
• Thorascopic Sympathectomy
• Anterior Transthoracic Approaches to the Spine
• Chest Wall Tumors
• Chest Wall Reconstruction

The Diaphragm

• Embryology and Anatomy of the Diaphragm
• Diaphragmatic Function, Diaphragmatic Paralysis, and Eventration of the Diaphragm
• Pacing of the Diaphragm
• Congenital Posterolateral Diaphragmatic Hernias and Other Less Common Hernias of the Diaphragm in Infants and Children
• Foramen of Morgagni Hernia Ronald B. Ponn
• Tumors of the Diaphragm

Index

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