Master Techniques in Surgery: Thoracic Surgery: Transplantation, Tracheal Resections, Mediastinal Tumors, Extended Thoracic Resections

Take your surgical skills to the next level with Thoracic Surgery: Transplantation, Tracheal Resections, Mediastinal Tumors, Extended Thoracic Resections, a volume in the Master Techniques in Surgery Series! This thoracic surgery reference provides the richly illustrated, step-by-step guidance you need to perfect a full range of thoracic surgery techniques, avoid and manage complications, and achieve optimal outcomes.
Key Features

• See exactly how to perform the full range of procedures , both open and minimally invasive, for lung transplantation, thoracic outlet syndrome, pectus repair, diaphragmatic plication, and removal of mediastinal tumors.
• Gain insights from international authorities , gleaning each expert’s preferred techniques in rich detail.
• Efficiently review background, indications and contraindications, surgical techniques, avoidance of pitfalls, and management of complications and results for each procedure, as well as selected references for further reading.
• Don’t miss Thoracic Surgery: Lung Resections, Bronchoplasty , the companion volume by Drs. Mathisen and Morse.
• Expand your repertoire with other volumes in the Master Techniques in Surgery Series! Overseen by Josef E. Fischer, MD , editor of the classic two-volume reference Mastery of Surgery , these titles cover a wide range of common and advanced procedures in the major subspecialties of general surgery, including breast surgery, colon and rectal surgery, esophageal surgery, gastric surgery, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, and hernia.

Now with the print edition, enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition , offering tablet, smartphone, or online access to:

• Complete content with enhanced navigation
• A powerful search that pulls results from content in the book, your notes, and even the web
• Cross-linked pages , references, and more for easy navigation
• Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text
• Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues
• Quick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use

Part I: Lung Transplantation /Chronic Lung Disease

1 Lung Harvest/Techniques
Dirk Van Raemdonck and Ivan Bravio

2 Single Lung Transplantation
Ashok Muniappan

3 Double Lung Transplant
Clemens Aigner and Walter Klepetko

4 Heart and Lung En Bloc Transplantation
Jose P. Garcia and Ravi Shah

5 ECMO and Lung Transplantation
Roy Nathalie and Joshua N. Baker

6 Lung Volume Reduction: Transsternal
Thomas K. Varghese Jr.

7 Lung Volume Reduction: VATS
Thomas K. Varghese Jr.

8 Monaldi Procedure
Tad Kim and Pierre de Delva

9 Cavernostomy (Aspergilloma)
Francis C. Nichols

Part II: Chest Wall/Pleural Space/Diaphragm: Tos

10 Chest Wall/Pleural Space/Diaphragm: Thoracic Outlet
Syndrome—Supraclavicular Thoracic Outlet Decompression
Robert W. Thompson and Chandu Vemuri
11 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Requiring Vascular
Reconstruction: Vein, Artery
Dean M. Donahue

12 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Transaxillary Approach
Julie Freischlag and Natalia Glebova

Part III: Chest Wall/Pleural Space/Diaphragm: Pectus Repair

13 Pectus Excavatum: The Nuss Repair
Daniel P. Doody

14 Pectus Repair—Ravitch
Konstantinos Papadakis and Robert C. Shamberger

Part IV: Chest Wall/Pleural Space/Diaphragm: Chest Wall

15 Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of Chest Wall Fractures
Hon Chi Suen

16 Chest Wall Resection/Reconstruction for Tumors
Francesco Puma and Jacopo Vannucci

17 Sternal Resection/Reconstruction
Eric N. Feins and Christopher R. Morse

Part V: Chest Wall/Pleural Space/Diaphragm: Diaphragm

18 Plication/Thoracotomy/VATS
Michael H. Kwon and Christopher R. Morse

19 Laparoscopic Diaphragmatic Plication
Eitan Podgaetz and Rafael S. Andrade

20 Diaphragmatic Pacing
Scott K. Berman and Cynthia S. Chin

Part VI: Chest Wall/Pleural Space/Diaphragm: Pleural Space

21 Decortication: Thoracotomy and VATS
Robert E. Merritt

22 Pleurodesis, Indwelling Pleural Catheters
Jordan Kazakov and Moishe Liberman
23 Eloesser Flap and Clagett Procedures
Shair Ahmed and Allan Pickens

24 Thoracic Duct Ligation
Stephen R. Broderick and Traves D. Crabtree

25 Thoracic Sympathectomy
James S. Allan and Maria Lucia L. Madariaga

Part VII: MEDIASTINAL TUMORS: Thymus

26 Robotic Resection: Thymus
Mahmoud Ismail, Marc Swierzy, and Jens C. Rückert

27 Transcervical Thymectomy
Henning A. Gaissert

28 Transsternal Thymectomy for Invasive Thymoma and
Thymic Carcinoma
John C. Kucharczuk

Part VIII: Mediastinal Tumors: Neurogenic

29 Posterior Neurogenic Tumors VATS/Open
Frank C. Detterbeck and Andrew T. Arndt

30 Dumbbell Neurogenic
Mathew Thomas and K. Robert Shen

Part IX: Trachea

31 Release Maneuvers: Suprahyoid Laryngeal Release
Basil S. Nasir and Moishe Liberman

32 Release Maneuvers: Pericardial Release
Mohamed Khereba, Basil S. Nasir, and Moishe Liberman

33 T-Tube
Ashok Muniappan

34 Trachea: Tracheal Dilation
Ashok Muniappan

35 Tracheal Resection
Ashok Muniappan

36 Laryngotracheal Resection
Matthew P. Fox and Douglas J. Mathisen

37 Pediatric Laryngotracheal Resection and Reconstruction
Kishore Sandu and Philippe Monnier
38 Tracheoesophageal Fistula
Hugh G. Auchincloss and Douglas J. Mathisen

39 Slide Tracheoplasty
Cameron D. Wright

40 Tracheoplasty
Sidhu Gangadharan

41 Closure of Persistent Tracheal Stoma
K. Robert Shen

42 Autologous Tracheal Replacement
Dominique Fabre and Philippe Dartevelle

43 Microvascular Reconstruction of Tracheal Defects
Peirong Yu and Garrett L. Walsh

Part IX: Vascular Procedures
44 Superior Vena Cava Resection/Reconstruction
Michael Lanuti

45 Extended Thoracic Resections with Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Elie Fadel and Philippe Dartevelle

46 Pulmonary Endarterectomy
Jamil F. Borgi and Michael S. MULLIGAN

Key Features

• See exactly how to perform the full range of procedures , both open and minimally invasive, for lung transplantation, thoracic outlet syndrome, pectus repair, diaphragmatic plication, and removal of mediastinal tumors.
• Gain insights from international authorities , gleaning each expert’s preferred techniques in rich detail.
• Efficiently review background, indications and contraindications, surgical techniques, avoidance of pitfalls, and management of complications and results for each procedure, as well as selected references for further reading.
• Don’t miss Thoracic Surgery: Lung Resections, Bronchoplasty , the companion volume by Drs. Mathisen and Morse.
• Expand your repertoire with other volumes in the Master Techniques in Surgery Series! Overseen by Josef E. Fischer, MD , editor of the classic two-volume reference Mastery of Surgery , these titles cover a wide range of common and advanced procedures in the major subspecialties of general surgery, including breast surgery, colon and rectal surgery, esophageal surgery, gastric surgery, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, and hernia.

Now with the print edition, enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition , offering tablet, smartphone, or online access to:

• Complete content with enhanced navigation
• A powerful search that pulls results from content in the book, your notes, and even the web
• Cross-linked pages , references, and more for easy navigation
• Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text
• Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues
• Quick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use

'covers the major topics of transplants , resections , and mediastinal tumors in good detail'

'excellent surgical photos and accompanying illustrations'

'a wonderful atlas that will facilitate learning and teaching thoracic surgery'

'concise and complete chapters with impressive illustrations'

'ebook enhances the experience and, in itself, is worth the investment'

Doodys Publishers' Club, Friday, February 6, 2015