Atlas of Thoracic Surgery

CHAPTER 1 CHEST WALL OPERATIONS: Muscle Sparing Incisions. Pectus Excavatum and Carinatum Repair. First Rib Resection (With Dorsal Sympathectomy) for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Transaxillary Approach. First Rib Resection (With Dorsal Sympathectomy) for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Supraclavicular Approach. First Rib Resection (With Dorsal Sympathectomy) for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Posterior Approach. Dorsal Sympathectomy for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Transaxillary -Transthoracic Approach. Dorsal Sympathectomy for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. Supraclavicular (Cervical) Approach. Poland's Syndrome. Resection of Manubrium with Pectoralis Major Muscle Flap. Resection of Xiphoid with Rectus Abdominus Muscle Flap. Weak or Infected Sternal Closure (Robiscek) CHAPTER 2 MEDIASTINAL PROCEDURES: Cervical Mediastinoscopy. Anterior-Second Interspace Mediastinoscopy. Extended Cervical Mediastinoscopy (For Access to Aortopulmonary Window Nodes). Transcervical Thymectomy. Transsternal Thymectomy. Thoracic Duct Ligation. Resection of Thoracic Neurogenic Tumors Involving the Intraspinal Canal (Dumbbell). Innominate or Subclavian Artery Repair. Pericardial Tamponade Management CHAPTER 3 PLEURAL PROCEDURES: Thoracentesis. Pleural Biopsy (Abrams' Needle). Insertion of Chest Tube. Eloesser Flap for Chronic Empyema. Decortication of the Lung CHAPTER 4 SURGERY of the TRACHEA and BRONCHI: Tracheotomy. Subglottic Tracheal Resection. Cervical Tracheal Resection. Carinal Tracheal Resection. Suprhyoid Release for Decreasing Tracheal Tension. Intrathoracic (Right Hilar) Release for Decreasing Tracheal Tension. Tracheal Splinting for Tracheomalacia and Tracheal Collapse. Sleeve Resection of the Right Upper Lobe (Through a Median Sternotomy). Left Mainstem Bronchus Sleeve Resection with Bronchoplasty. Le Ft Upper Lobe Bronchoplasty. Left Upper Lobe Bronchoplasty Involving the Pulmonary Artery. Left Lower Lobe Bronchoplasty. Tracheal Stents. Bronchial Stents CHAPTER 5 PULMONARY RESECTION: Segmentectomy. Right Lower Lobectomy. Right Middle Lobectomy. Right Upper Lobectomy. Left Upper Lobectomy. Left Lower Lobectomy. Left Pneumonectomy. Right Pneumonectomy. Superior Pulmonary Sulcus Carcinoma Resection. Posterior Approach. Superior Pulmonary Sulcus Carcinoma Resection. Anterior Approach. Bullectomy for Bullous Emphysema CHAPTER 6 PULMONARY TRANSPLANTATION: Donor Retrieval. Technique of Single Lung Transplantation. Technique of Bilateral Sequential Lung Transplantation CHAPTER 7 VIDEO-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY (THORASCOPY): Organizational Set-Up in the Operating Room. Resection of Aortic-Pulmonary Window Lymph Nodes. Exposure of the Mid- Or Upper Esophagus. Pericardial Biopsyand Resection. Posterior Mediastinal Lesions and Dorsal Sympathectomy. Diagnosis and Treatment. Apical Bulla Resection. Wedge Resection