- Details the practical steps of the most frequently performed thoracic surgical techniques
- Contains some less common procedures in order to describe the lessons that should be learnt by surgery trainees
- Uses stunning illustrations to describe the surgical procedures
The rapid expansion of cardiac surgery has led to non-cardiac thoracic surgery becoming lost in the vast amount of literature available; this new edition of a classic educational reference emphasizes the practical steps necessary in the more frequently performed thoracic procedures and some less common operations that trainees may never see but will almost undoubtedly need later in their career. Many of these thoracic surgical techniques are harder due to subtleties in procedure and the anatomy involved making this reference invaluable to those training in the discipline.
Thoracic Surgical Techniques includes detailed discussion of techniques and how they can be performed reliably. The authors acknowledge that other thoracic surgeons may perform their own variations (in particular suture technique will vary). This new edition has been particularly driven by the immense variety in techniques that have been developed as a direct result of the materials that have and continue to become available to surgeons.
Summary of the Contents- Investigative and minor thoracic surgical procedures
- Anatomy of the chest wall and thoracic incisions
- Chest wall procedures
- Surgery of the trachea
- Surgery of the lung and pleural space
- Mediastinal surgery
- Esophageal surgery
