General Thoracic Surgery

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Dec 21, 2011 - Medical - 2672 pages
Long considered the bible of thoracic surgery, this comprehensive two-volume textbook guides you through virtually every open and endoscopic surgical technique with expert commentary by the leaders in thoracic surgery from around the world. Coverage includes extensive sections on lung cancer and other pulmonary tumors. All facets of thoracic disease are covered from anatomy and embryology to diagnostics, including extensive radiological sections. Multidisciplinary contributions on medical treatment, radiation oncology, and surgery and anesthesia are included. Highlights include new material on minimally invasive procedures and thoroughly updated diagnostic and treatment information. Operative checklists are included in procedural chapters, and procedures are presented as bulleted to-do lists wherever possible. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text with all images and video clips of selected procedures.
 

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Contents
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VOLUME
113
Novel Systemic Therapy for Advanced 132 Esophageal pH Studies in Esophageal
118
Contents v
165
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of
167
Contributing Authors xi Warren B Gefter
199
The Lung Pleura Diaphragm 13 Radionuclide Studies of the Lung
215
and Chest Wall Vicente J Caride
227
Meyerson and David A Harpole Jr 108 Radiologic Evaluation of Lung Cancer
1361
Pleuropulmonary Amebiasis 1179 Patrick J Fultz and Richard H Feins
1375
Hydatid Disease of the Lung 1187 Carolyn E Reed and Gerard A Silvestri
1387
Pulmonary Paragonimiasis and Its Surgical Joseph LoCicero III
1427
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule 1205 112 Unknown Primary Malignancy Metastatic
1435
Lung Transplantation 1241 113 Endoluminal Management of Malignant Airway Disease
1441
Statistical Analysis and Trial Design 114 Basic Principles of Radiation Therapy
1449
Clinical Trial Design 1277 Bahman Emami Nena Mirkovic and Julian Rosenman
1457

Embryology of the Lungs 13 15 Laboratory Investigations in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Diseases
237
Ultrastructure and Morphometry of the 16 Diagnostic Studies in Lung Cancer
265
Surgical Anatomy of the Lungs 71 18 Invasive Diagnostic Procedures
301
Lymphatics of the Lungs 87 19 VideoAssisted Thoracic Surgery as a Diagnostic Tool
313
Mechanics of Breathing 113 Operative Risk
325
Thoracic Imaging Thoracic Surgical Patient
339
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Resorption of Gases from the Pleural 74 Barotrauma and Inhalation Injuries 903
479
Management of the 39 Complications of Pulmonary Resection
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Anesthesia for Pediatric General Thoracic Events
561
Postoperative Management of the General
571
General Features of Pulmonary 42 Mechanical Ventilation of the Surgical
581
Thoracic Surgery in the Elderly 413 Section IX The Chest Wall
599
Technical Aspects of Lobectomy 421 Robert C Shamberger
629
Tracheal Sleeve Pneumonectomy 471 Transaxillary Supraclavicular Posterior
641
Segmentectomy and Lesser Pulmonary Harold C Urschel
657
RoboticAssisted Surgery in Thoracic 49 Chest Wall Tumors
669
Kemp H Kernstine Natalie A Ramirez and Simeon Cua 50 Chest Wall Reconstruction
679
VideoAssisted Thoracic Surgery for Wedge Daniel L Miller and Kamal A Mansour
689
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Mainstem Bronchi 533 52 Pacing of the Diaphragm
695
Concomitant Cardiac and Pulmonary 53 Congenital Posterolateral Diaphragmatic
709
Physiology of Pleural Fluid Production 763 76 Management of Foreign Bodies of the Airway 927
763
Parapneumonic Empyema
775
Tuberculous and Fungal Infections of the 79 Surgical Anatomy of the Trachea and Techniques of Resection and Reconstruction 955
789
Fibrothorax and Decortication of the the Trachea
967
Indications and Surgical Trachea
981
Anatomy of the Thoracic Duct and Rings
999
Localized Fibrous Tumors of the Diseases of the Lung
1017
Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma 847 84 Pulmonary Complications of Cystic
1033
Technique of Extrapleural Pneumonectomy Kristy Phillips David R Jones
1053
Uncommon Tumors of the Pleura 869 Michael J Liptay and Edward Hong
1067
Bacterial Infections of the Lungs
1129
Less Than One Centimeter in Size
1307
Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Other Thomas W Shields
1341
Mycotic and Actinomycetic Infections of 107 Clinical Presentation of Lung Cancer
1351
VOLUME TWO 116 Adjuvant Chemotherapy for NonSmallCell
1469
Carcinoma of the Lung Natasha B Leighl and Frances A Shepherd
1483
SmallCell Lung Cancer 1519 134 Endoscopy of the Esophagus
1735
Novel Strategies for Lung Cancer Esophageal Disease
1745
Other Tumors of the Lung Esophagus
1751
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma and Other
1759
of the Lung 1555 138 Transhiatal Esophagectomy Without
1771
Benign Tumors of the Lung 1565 Mark B Orringer
1795
Uncommon Primary Malignant Tumors Steven R DeMeester
1801
Lung Tumors in the Immunocompromised Colon
1811
Jejunum
1819
The Esophagus Henning A Gaissert Cameron D Wright and Douglas J Mathisen
1827
Embryology of the Esophagus 1665 Babak J Mehrara and Joseph J Disa
1835
Lymphatic Drainage of the Esophagus 1683 Section XXII Trauma to the Esophagus
1843
Physiology Gregory A Cote and Ikuo Hirano
1851
The Mediastinum
1867
David H Rothstein and Marleta Reynolds 162 The Mediastinum Its Compartments
2055
Esophageal Motility Disorders 1887 Thomas W Shields
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Barretts Esophagus 1925 166 Radiographic Computed Tomographic
2079
Cardial Incompetence and Associated Mediastinum
2103
Katherine A Barsness and Marleta Reynolds 168 Mediastinal Tumor Markers
2131
Esophageal Diverticula 1961 Section XXVII Invasive Diagnostic Investigations and Surgical Approaches
2147
Benign Tumors Cysts and Duplications Richard S Lazzaro and Joseph LoCicero III
2153
2009 AJCCUICC Staging of Alberto de Hoyos
2177
Less Common Malignant Tumors of the Diagnostic Investigation of Mediastinal
2195
The Use of Prosthetic Grafts to Replace 195 Poorly Differentiated Carcinoma of the Mediastinum 2411
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Benign and Malignant Neurogenic
2415
Pathophysiology of Myasthenia Gravis 2273 A John Popp Makoto Goda Darryl J DiRisio
2441
Standard Thymectomy 2277 198 Mediastinal Paragangliomas
2447
VideoAssisted Thymectomy 2293 Mediastinum
2473
Extended Transsternal Thymectomy 2297 200 Mediastinal Parathyroid Tumors
2499
Evaluation of Results of Thymectomy for Infants and Children
2511
Joshua R Sonett and Alfred Jaretzki III 202 Foregut Cysts of the Mediastinum
2519
Benign Lymph Node Disease Involving 203 Gastroenteric Cysts and Neurenteric
2531
Biological Markers and Pathology of Frederick J Rescorla and Jay L Grosfeld
2539
Diagnosis and Treatment of Mediastinal Gaetano Rocco and Thomas W Shields
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