Video-assisted thoracic surgery is the alternative term for laparoscopic thoracic surgery. This text offers a review of the thoracic operations that can be carried out endoscopically, covering areas such as thoracoscopic imaging equipment and instrumentation, lung biopsy and thoracoscopic myotomy.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 279 mm
Breite: 216 mm
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978-1-899066-09-4 (9781899066094)
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[MA MBBChir FRCS] - Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
1. Introduction 2. Evolution of Thoracoscopic Surgery 3. Thoracoscopic Imaging Equipment 4. Thoracic Sympathectomy and Splanchnicectomy 5. Pleural Diseases and Aspects of Trauma 6. Diagnosis and Treatment of Mediastinal Lesions 7. Video-assisted Thoracoscopy in the Management of Spontaneous Pneumothorax 8. Pulmonary Wedge Biopsy: Technique and Application to Interstitial Lung Disease 9. Surgery of Bullous-emphysematous Lung Disease 10. Thoracoscopic Management of the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule 11. Major Pulmonary Resection 12. Endoscopic Oesophageal Myotomy 13. Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 14. Oesophagectomy 15. Pericardiectomy 16. Interruption of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Children 17. Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery 18. Current Literature
