Cardiovascular

Thoracic Surgery - 2nd Edition

This new second edition provides definitive coverage of all surgical diseases of the chest wall, chest cavity, upper airway, lungs, pleura, and diaphragm. For all regions, the reader will find clear "how-to-do-it" guidance on the full range of surgical techniques. Additional chapters offer focused background on anatomy, imaging, and laboratory testing of value to both trainees and practitioners in thoracic surgery. Contributing authors are internationally known experts on thoracic surgery, and each chapter concludes with commentary by one of the editors or another senior authority.

Features:
* Remains the "gold standard" of thoracic surgery texts, with unsurpassed coverage of basic science, pathophysiology of disease, and technical detail.
* Offers concise yet detailed information on operative technique.
* Features more than 1,300 superb illustrations.
* Maintains the strong influence of the University of Toronto approach to thoracic surgery

What's New:
* Contains significant updates related to video-assisted minimally invasive procedures.
* Details the wider applicability and improved techniques for lung transplantation.
* Offers new coverage of photodynamic therapy for lung cancer and surgical management of emphysema.

Author: F. Griffith Pearson, Joel D. Cooper, Jean Deslauriers
ISBN: 0443075956
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Binding: Hardcover
Year Published: Feb 2002

Price(ex. GST): $497.60

Contents:
I. Introduction
1. General Thoracic Surgery: History and Development
2. Pulmonary Physiology
3. Pulmonary Function Testing: A Practical Approach
4. Preoperative Assessment of the Thoracic Surgical Patient: A Surgeon's Viewpoint
5. Anesthesia
6. Endoscopy
7. Lung Biopsy
8. Incisions
9. Perioperative Management
10. Mechanical Ventilatory Assistance
11. Complications: Early and Late
12. Evaluating Thoracic Surgical Results

II. Larynx and Upper Airway
13. Anatomy, Physiology, and Embryology
14. Imaging (Plain Radiography/ Tomography/Contrast Radiography/CT/MRI/PET)
15. Anesthesia for Upper Airway Surgery
16. Endoscopy
17. Benign Conditions
18. Laryngeal Nerve Palsy
19. Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistula
20. Upper Airway Tumors
21. Surgical Techniques

III. Lung
22. Anatomy, Embryology, and Physiology
23. Imaging
24. Congenital Anomalies
25. Infections
26. Interstitial Lung Disease
27. Emphysema
28. Bullous Disease
29. Massive Hemoptysis
30. Chronic Pulmonary Embolism
31. Benign Lung Tumors
32. Bronchial Gland Tumors
33. Lung Cancer
34. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
35. Small Cell Lung Cancer
36. Rare Primary Malignant Neoplasms
37. Pulmonary Metastases
38. Surgical Techniques
39. Transplantation

IV. Pleura
40. Anatomy, Physiology, and Embryology
41. Diagnostic Procedures
42. Pleural Effusion: Benign and Malignant
43. Empyema and Bronchopleural Fistula
44. Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum
45. Rare Infections
46. Chylothorax
47. Mesothelioma and Less Common Tumors
48. Fibrothorax and Decortication
49. Surgical Techniques

V. Chest Wall and Sternum
50. Anatomy, Physiology, and Embryology
51. Imaging Techniques
52. Congenital Deformities
53. Complications of Median Sternotomy
54. Thoracic Outlet Syndromes
55. Neoplasms
56. Radionecrosis and Infection
57. Surgical Techniques

VI. Diaphragm
58. The Diaphragm

VII. Mediastinum
59. Anatomy
60. Imaging
61. Infections
62. Pericardial Disease
63. Myasthenia Gravis
64. Cysts
65. Tumors and Masses
66. Surgical Techniques

VIII. Trauma
67. Pathophysiology and Initial Management
68. Laryngeal Trauma
69. Tracheobronchial Trauma
70. Blunt Trauma: Chest Wall, Lung, Pleura, Heart, Great Vessels, Thoracic Duct, and Esophagus
71. Diaphragmatic Rupture
72. Penetrating Trauma
73. Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Multiple Organ Dysfunction
74. Late Sequelae and Rehabilitation.
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