Part I: ENDOSCOPY
1 Rigid/Flexible Bronchoscopy
Douglas J. Mathisen
2 Airway Stenting
Aaron M. Cheng and Douglas E. Wood
Part II: Lung Resection: General Principles
3 Endobronchial and Endoscopic Ultrasound Staging in Lung Cancer
Jordan Kazakov and Moishe Liberman
4 Mediastinoscopy: Current Role in Thoracic Surgery and Management
of Complications
Tibor Krajc and Michael Rolf Mueller
5 Transcervical Extended Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy (TEMLA)
for Staging of Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
Marcin Zielin´ski, Wojciech Czajkowski, Tomasz Nabialek,
Artur Szlubowski, and Juliusz Pankowski
6 Mediastinal Node Dissection Right/Left (VATS/Open)
Hiroshi Date
7 Robotic Lymph Node Dissection
Franca M. A. Melfi, Olivia Fanucchi, and Alfredo Mussi
8 Techniques/Complications of Thoracotomy
Dan J. Raz
Part III: Lung Resection: Lobectomy
9 Right Upper Lobe: Open
Walter Weder and Ilhan Inci
10 Right Upper Lobe: VATS
Michael J. Weyant
11 Open Middle Lobectomy
Gunda Leschber
12 Right Middle Lobe: VATS
Michael J. Weyant
13 Right Lower Lobe: Open
Ralph A. Schmid and Gregor J. Kocher
14 Right Lower Lobe: VATS
Michael J. Weyant
15 Open Left Upper Lobectomy
N. Golan and Thomas K. Waddell
16 Left Upper Lobe: VATS
Michael Lanuti
17 Left Lower Lobectomy: Open
David Tom Cooke
18 VATS Left Lower Lobectomy
Daniel G. Nicastri, Oskar Kizhner, and Todd S. Weiser
19 Precision Cautery Laser Excision
Tae H. Song and Christopher R. Morse
20 Robotic Approach to Lobectomy
Benjamin Wei and Robert James Cerfolio
Part IV: Lung Resection: Segmentectomy
21 Right Upper Lobe (Anterior, Posterior, Apical)
Laureano Molins, Jean Philippe Berthet, Juan J. Fibla,
David Sánchez, and Abel Gómez-Caro
22 VATS Right Upper Lobe (RUL) Segmentectomy
Andrew J. Kaufman and Raja M. Flores
23 Superior and Basilar Right Lower Lobe Segmentectomies
Gaetano Rocco
24 Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Right Superior and Basilar
Segmentectomy
M. Blair Marshall and Dominic Emerson
25 Left Upper Lobe Segmental Resection: Lingula and
Superior Division—Open Approach
N. Golan and Thomas K. Waddell
26 Left Upper Lobectomy: VATS
Robert E. Merritt
27 Left Lower Lobe Segmentectomy (Superior and Basilar):
Open Technique
Sean C. Grondin and Colin Schieman
28 Left Lower Lobe Segments—VATS
Hugh G. Auchincloss and Christopher R. Morse
Part V: Lung Resection: Superior Sulcus Resection
29 Anterior Approach to Lung Cancers Invading the Thoracic Inlet
Olaf Mercier, Elie Fadel, and Philippe Dartevelle
30 Superior Sulcus Resection-Posterior Approach
Cameron D. Wright
31 Thoracic En Bloc Spondylectomy
Claudio E. Tatsui, Laurence D. Rhines, and Garrett L. Walsh
Part VI: Lung Resection: EPP
32 Extrapleural Pneumonectomy
Valerie W. Rusch
33 Pleurectomy and Decortication
Andrew J. Kaufman and Raja M. Flores
Part VII: Lung Resection: Broncoplastic Procedures/Vascular Reconstructions
34 Right Upper Sleeve Lobectomy
John D. Mitchell
35 Right Middle Lobe Sleeve Resection
Mara B. Antonoff and Bryan F. Meyers
36 Right Lower and Middle Lobe Sleeve Lobectomy
Douglas J. Mathisen
37 Left Upper Sleeve Lobectomy
Federico Venuta, Marco Anile, Daniele Diso, and Erino A. Rendina
38 Left Lower Lobe Sleeve Resection
Paula A. Ugalde, Jocelyn Grégoire, Yang Zhiguang,
Rabah Boultifat, and Jean Deslauriers
39 Right and Left Mainstem Bronchial Sleeve Resections
Smita Sihag and Douglas J. Mathisen
40 Pulmonary Artery Sleeve Resection and Lobectomy
Antonio D’Andrilli, Federico Venuta, and Erino A. Rendina
41 VATS Sleeve Lobectomy
Robert J. McKenna Jr
Part VIII: Lung Resection: Carinal Resection
42 Neocarina
John C. Wain
43 Right Carinal Sleeve Pneumonectomy: Transsternal Approach
John C. Wain
44 Right Carinal Sleeve Pneumonectomy: Transthoracic
Michael Lanuti
45 Carinal Right Upper Lobectomy
Harald C. Ott and Douglas J. Mathisen
46 Left Carinal Resection
Cameron D. Wright
47 Carinal Resection: Pneumonectomy Stump Recurrence
Eric H. Twerdahl and Douglas J. Mathisen
Part IX: Management Complications
48 Transsternal Repair of Postpneumonectomy
Bronchopleural Fistula
Olaf Mercier, Marc de Perrot, and Shaf Keshavjee
49 Transthoracic Repair Bronchopleural Fistula
Francis C. Nichols
50 Muscle Flaps for General Thoracic Surgeons
Mark S. Allen
51 Omental Flap
Bryan M. Burt and Joseph B. Shrager
52 Persistent Air Leaks/Pleural Spaces
Douglas J. Mathisen and Christopher R. Morse