Tips and Tricks in Thoracic Surgery

This book provides useful tips on operative and surgical aspects of thoracic surgery, to enhance the operative experience

Written by surgeons with experience of both open and minimally invasive approaches to the pathology

The authors will discuss the complications of surgery and how to avoid intra-operative and postoperative complications during surgery

Autorentext
Pala Babu Rajesh, MBBS, MAMS, FRCS Ed, FRCS, (C/th) FETCS, FRCS( Eng) FIACS (Hon) Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Regional Department of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK Dakshesh H. Parikh, MD; FRCS (Paed) Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, The Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust, UK.

Inhalt
Thoracic incisions and access.- Common thoracic operations.- Infection: Empyema Thoracis, Bronchiectasis, Pulmonary TB, Lung abscess, Hydatid disease etc.- Lung Malformations.- Thoracic Oncology.- Thoracic wall resection and reconstruction.- Thoracic wall Deformity.- Mediastinal pathologies.- Foreign bodies both bronchus and oesophagus.- Oesophageal diseases.- Diaphragm.- Thoracic inlet disorders.- Thoracic Trauma.- Miscellaneous conditions: Namely Hyperhidrosis, Infiltrative lung disease, Pulmonary Haemorrage, chylothorax, Cystic fibrosis.- Tracheal surgery.- Transplantation.