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Topics in Thoracic Surgery
Edited by Paulo F. Guerreiro Cardoso, ISBN 978-953-51-0010-2, Hard cover, 486 pages, Publisher: InTech, Published: February 15, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license, in subject Surgery
DOI: 10.5772/1505
Thoracic Surgery congregates topics and articles from many renowned authors around the world covering several different topics. Unlike the usual textbooks, Thoracic Surgery is a conglomerate of different topics from Pre-operative Assessment, to Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer, chest wall procedures, lung cancer topics featuring aspects of VATS major pulmonary resections along with traditional topics such as Pancoast tumors and recurrence patterns of stage I lung disease, hyperhidrosis, bronchiectasis, lung transplantation and much more. This Open Access format is a novel method of sharing thoracic surgical information provided by authors worldwide and it is made accessible to everyone in an expedite way and with an excellent publishing quality.
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Book contents
- Chapter 1Preoperative Evaluation of Patients for Thoracic Surgery
- Chapter 2Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
- Chapter 3The Effect of One Lung Ventilation on Intrapulmonary Shunt During Different Anesthetic Techniques
- Chapter 4Thoracic Critical Care
- Chapter 5Standardized Monitoring of Post-Operative Morbidity and Mortality for the Evaluation of Thoracic Surgical Quality
- Chapter 6Post-Thoracotomy Pain Syndrome
- Chapter 7Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Effects of Pulmonary Endarterectomy
- Chapter 8Chest Wall Deformities: An Overview on Classification and Surgical Options
- Chapter 9Pectus Excavatum: A Historical Perspective and a New Metal-Free Procedure
- Chapter 10Surgical Management of Primary Upper Limb Hyperhidrosis – A Review
- Chapter 11The Evolution of VATS Lobectomy
- Chapter 12The Era of VATS Lobectomy
- Chapter 13Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Major Pulmonary Resections
- Chapter 14Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Systematic Mediastinal Nodal Dissection
- Chapter 15Pancoast Tumors: Surgical Approaches and Techniques
- Chapter 16Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Recurrence Patterns, Prognostic Factors and Survival
- Chapter 17Surgical Treatment of Bronchiectasis
- Chapter 18Role of Thoracomyoplasty Procedures in Modern Surgery for Intrathoracic Suppurations
- Chapter 19Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
- Chapter 20Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction for Emphysema
- Chapter 21Mediastinal Parathyroidectomy: Preoperative Management of Hyperparathyroidism
- Chapter 22Pulmonary Transplantation and Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
- Chapter 23Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
- Chapter 24Compensatory Lung Growth After Pneumonectomy
- Chapter 25Pathophysiology of Extravascular Water in the Pleural Cavity and in the Lung Interstitium After Lung Thoracic Surgery
- Chapter 26The Role of PET-CT in the Clinical Management of Oesophageal Cancer
- Chapter 27Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Transition of Emergent Thoracic Surgery
