Topics in Thoracic Surgery

00 preface_Topics in Thoracic Surgery......Page 1
01Preoperative Evaluation of Patients\rfor Thoracic Surgery......Page 13
02Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer in\rPatients with Liver Cirrhosis......Page 29
03The Effect of One Lung Ventilation\ron Intrapulmonary Shunt During\rDifferent Anesthetic Techniques......Page 45
04Thoracic Critical Care......Page 71
05Standardized Monitoring of Post-Operative\rMorbidity and Mortality for the Evaluation of\rThoracic Surgical Quality......Page 79
06Post-Thoracotomy Pain Syndrome......Page 93
07Chronic Thromboembolic\rPulmonary Hypertension:\rEffects of Pulmonary Endarterectomy......Page 107
08Chest Wall Deformities: An Overview on\rClassification and Surgical Options......Page 129
09Pectus Excavatum: A Historical Perspective and\ra New Metal-Free Procedure......Page 149
10Surgical Management of\rPrimary Upper Limb Hyperhidrosis – A Review......Page 177
11The Evolution of VATS Lobectomy......Page 193
12The Era of VATS Lobectomy......Page 223
13Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery\rMajor Pulmonary Resections......Page 235
14Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)\rSystematic Mediastinal Nodal Dissection......Page 259
15Pancoast Tumors:\rSurgical Approaches and Techniques......Page 285
16Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer:\rRecurrence Patterns,\rPrognostic Factors and Survival......Page 297
17Surgical Treatment of Bronchiectasis......Page 305
18Role of Thoracomyoplasty Procedures in\rModern Surgery for Intrathoracic Suppurations......Page 321
19Lung Volume Reduction Surgery......Page 339
20Endoscopic Lung Volume\rReduction for Emphysema......Page 357
21Mediastinal Parathyroidectomy: Preoperative\rManagement of Hyperparathyroidism......Page 375
22Pulmonary Transplantation and\rIschemia-Reperfusion Injury......Page 383
23Superior Vena Cava Syndrome......Page 407
24Compensatory Lung Growth\rAfter Pneumonectomy......Page 421
25Pathophysiology of Extravascular Water in the\rPleural Cavity and in the Lung Interstitium\rAfter Lung Thoracic Surgery......Page 439
26The Role of PET-CT in the Clinical Management\rof Oesophageal Cancer......Page 453
27Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the\rTransition of Emergent Thoracic Surgery......Page 473