Atlas of General Thoracic Surgery
Published in February 1997
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-8016-6380-2 (ISBN)
Description
This text provides step-by-step details, illustrations and technical descriptions of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures used in general thoracic surgery. Addresses the preoperative, operative and postoperative care important in assuring successful outcomes. Includes detailed descriptions of the author's extensive experience with lung transplantation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
257 ills
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1015 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8016-6380-2 (9780801663802)
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Content
Diagnostic procedures: rigid bronchoscopy; cervical mediatrinoscopy; anterior mediastinotomy; limited thoracotomy for open lung biopsy. Therapeutic procedures: tube thoracostomy; subxiphoid pericardial window; open-window thoracostomy; videothoracoscopy; general techniques; tracheostomy. Thoracic incisions: posterolateral thoracotomy incision; vertical axillary (muscle sparing) thoracotomy incision; median sternotomy incision; bilateral thoracosternotomy. Pulmonary resections: right upper lobectomy; right middle lobectomy; right lower lobectomy; right pneumonectomy; left upper lobectomy; left pneumonectomy; sleeve lobectomy; segmental resection of the lung; mediastinal lymph node dissection; lymph node map; wedge excision of pulmonary nodule. Chest wall procedures: transaxillary first rib resection; repair of pectus excavatum; chest wall resection: superior sulcus tumour. Miscellaneous procedures: pleurectomy and decoration; volume reduction; procedures for emphysema; transcervical thymectomy. Lung transplantation: donor operation; recipient operation. Tracheal resection: cervical tracheal resection. The oesophagus: treatment of Zenker's diverticulum: cricopharyngeal myotomy; oesophageal myotomy; transhiatal esophagectomy; esophagogastric anastomosis; esophagectomy via laparotomy and right thoracotomy; esophagectomy via left thoracotomy; substernal gastric bypass.