Advanced therapy in thoracic surgery /

Summarizes many of the advances made in this area and reviews in depth the topics and treatment techniques not widely used in daily practice. New chapters to this second edition include: New Techniques to Manage Pain; Advances in Diagnostic Imaging; Management of Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum,...

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Other Authors: Franco, Kenneth L, Putnam, J. B (Joe Billy), 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hamilton : B.C. Decker Inc., 2005
Edition:2nd ed
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Postoperative analgesia for thoracotomy patients : a current review / Peter H. Norman, M. Denise Daley and Alicia Kowalski
  • 2. Advances in diagnostic imaging of the thorax and screening / Reginald F. Munden and Gregory W. Gladish
  • 3. Tissue adhesives in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery / Ross M. Reul and Garrett L. Walsh
  • 4. Multimodality management of early-stage lung cancer / Katherine M. W. Pisters
  • 5. Anatomic pulmonary resections by video-assisted thoracic surgery / Robert J. McKenna, Jr.
  • 6. Radio frequency ablation of thoracic malignancies / Sharon Thomsen
  • 7. Laser bronchoscopy / Robert James Cerfolio
  • 8. Surgical management of small cell lung cancer / Frances A. Shepherd
  • 9. Gene therapy and thoracic surgery / Robert I. Carver, Jr.
  • 10. Databases and clinical outcomes : the general thoracic surgery database / Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr., John D. Mitchell and Frederick L. Grover
  • 11. Primary and secondary chest wall tumors / L. Penfield Faber
  • 12. Management of chest wall deformities / Alexander A. Fokin and Francis Robicsek
  • 13. Surgical management of congenital lesions of the lung / Karen Michiko Kling and Paul M. Colombani
  • 14. Vascular rings and slings / Richard G. Ohye, Laurie C. Wild, Khaled H. Mutabagani, Eric J. Devaney and Edward L. Bove
  • 15. Thoracic outlet syndrome / Harold C. Urschel, Jr. and Amit N. Patel
  • 16. The management of pleural space problems / Alex G. Little
  • 17. Techniques of tracheal resection and reconstruction / Simon K. Ashiku and Douglas J. Mathisen
  • 18. Management of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and sequestrations / Francis C. Nichols and Mark S. Allen
  • 19. Management of hydatid cysts / Ilgaz Dogusoy
  • 20. Surgery for fungal and mycobacterial diseases / Mark De Groot
  • 21. Surgical treatment of bronchiectasis and broncholithiasis / Jean Deslauriers
  • 22. Blood substitutes / Robert M. Winslow
  • 23. Update in the management of pulmonary hypertension / Austin B. Thompson
  • 24. Modern management of chronic pulmonary thromboembolism including pulmonary thromboendarterectomy / Micheal M. Madani and Stuart W. Jamieson
  • 25. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and extracorporeal and arteriovenous carbon dioxide removal / Scott K. Alpard, David B. Loran and Joseph B. Zwischenberger
  • 26. Lung preservation for transplantation / Andrew F. Pierre and Shaf Keshavjee
  • 27. Modern concepts of immunosuppression for lung transplantation / Sangeeta M. Bhorade, Jaime Villanueva, Ashby Jordan and Edward R. Garrity
  • 28. Living donor lung transplantation / Ross M. Bremner and Vaughn A. Starnes
  • 29. Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome / Elbert P. Trulock
  • 30. Lung retransplantation / Stefan Fischer, Martin Strueber and Axel Haverich
  • 31. Lung xenotransplantation : lessons learned and future perspectives / Carsten Schroder and Paolo Macchiarini
  • 32. Artificial lungs / Robert H. Bartlett and Jonathan W. Haft
  • 33. Surgery for myasthenia gravis / Richard F. Heitmiller and Eugenie S. Heitmiller
  • 34. Management of germ cell tumors of the mediastinum / Isan Chen and Christopher Logothetis
  • 35. Mediastinal cysts / David C. Rice and Cesar Moran
  • 36. Descending necrotizing mediastinitis / Mark D. Iannettoni and William R. Lynch
  • 37. Diaphragmatic pacing / Richard B. Thompson and Thomas A. D'Amico
  • 38. Preoperative evaluation of neuromotor diseases of the esophagus / Joel E. Richter
  • 39. Preoperative management and surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease and its complications using minimally invasive techniques / Shaun P. Setty, Blair A. Jobe and John G. Hunter
  • 40. Optimal management of Barrett's esophagus / Alan G. Casson
  • 41. Strategies for esophageal replacement and reconstruction / Scott Swanson
  • 42. Minimally invasive esophagectomy / Yaron Perry, Anthony T. Petrick and James D. Luketich
  • 43. Esophageal anastomotic techniques and the management of esophageal anastomotic leaks / John D. Mitchell and Richard I. Whyte
  • 44. Esophageal stents / Harish Gagneja, Sandeep Singh and Madhukar Kaw.