Advanced Therapy in Thoracic Surgery

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; management of post-thoracotomy pain; new directions in ventilatory management; recent advances in diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy; thoracic surgery via clamshell or median sternotomy incision; thoracic surgery in HIV patients; staging and prognosis in lung cancer; management of surgically resectable, locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer; surgical management of advanced lung cancer; surgery for small cell lung cancer; optimal management of tumors in the superior sulcus; pulmonary metastases; photodynamic therapy and thoracic malignancies; role of gene therapy in lung cancer; statistical techniques and analysis in thoracic surgery; cooperative group clinical trials in the United States; sleeve resections; chest wall resection and reconstruction; optimal management of sternal wound infections; surgical treatment of malignant mesothelioma; acquired tracheoesophageal fistula; management of malignant pleural effusion and pleural space infection; thoracoplasty and its alternatives; tracheal surgery - techniques of resection and reconstruction; cardiopulmonary bypass for extended resection of thoracic malignancies; surgical management of inferior vena cava tumors; optimal management of massive hemoptysis; management of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and sequestrations; tracheobronchial stents; advances in the management of thoracic trauma; surgical approaches in the treatment of mycobacterial disease; surgical treatment of aspergillosis; surgical treatment of bronchiectasis and broncholithiasis; pulmonary thromboendarterectomy; surgery for emphysema; advanced techniques in the management of severe respiratory failure; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adult thoracic surgery patients; lung transplantation for emphysema; lung transplantation in patients with thoracic malignant disease; lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension; surgical options for lung transplantation in patients with cystic fibrosis; living-donor lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis; lung retransplantation; bronchiolitis obliterans; lung xenotransplantation - lessons learned and future perspectives; thoracic pheochromocytoma; surgery for myasthenia gravis; new strategies for staging esophageal cancer; use of lasers and stents in malignant esophageal disease; optimal management of Barrett's esophagus; esophageal replacement - avoiding intraoperative complications; management of esophageal anastomotic leaks; role of the thoracic surgeon in the management of gastroesophageal reflux disease; esophageal diverticula; esophageal strictures; surgical management of esophageal perforation; thoracoscopic esophageal surgery.