Shields' General Thoracic Surgery

Shields' General Thoracic Surgery
Author: Joseph LoCicero
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 2512
Release: 2018-06-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 149637231X

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from 3rd Party sellers are not guaranteed by the Publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The gold standard thoracic surgery reference for 45 years, Shields’ General Thoracic Surgery remains your #1 resource for comprehensive coverage of both open and endoscopic surgical techniques, with commentary from more than 150 global experts in the field. This two-volume masterwork covers all facets of thoracic disease, enhanced with dynamic audio and visual content, colorful graphics, and an authoritative analysis of the world’s literature and electronic data – making this 8th Edition the most extensive and concise collection of practical, complete information available for today’s busy clinician.

Sugarbaker's Adult Chest Surgery, 3rd edition

Sugarbaker's Adult Chest Surgery, 3rd edition
Author: David J. Sugarbaker
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 1553
Release: 2020-03-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1260026949

The most authoritative, comprehensive, and clinically focused guide to operative thoracic surgery – updated with the latest techniques and technologies A Doody's Core Title for 2023! Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery is a thorough, hands-on guide to the practice of general thoracic surgery. The book covers the entire range of thoracic surgical techniques and management, along with crucial preoperative evaluation, staging, and postoperative strategies. Broad in scope and straightforward in style and presentation, this classic is an outstanding reference for any clinician in need of a comprehensive description of the clinical nature of general thoracic surgery. The focus of this third edition is on providing cutting-edge and up-to-date procedural and clinical management instructions in a field that is constantly changing. The previous edition highlighted minimally invasive, endoscopic, and robotic techniques, and this new edition will even further emphasize these developing technologies. More than 600 full color illustrations, drawn specifically for this book, enhance the text. Essential for residents preparing for a case, surgeons seeking management tips, and surgeons preparing for board recertification, Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery features a logical organization based on anatomy, and each section has an overview chapter summarizing the relevant anatomy, pathophysiology, and diagnostic and procedural options. Operations and diagnostic procedures are highlighted throughout the book in succinct, illustrated technique chapters.

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Author: Michael Argenziano
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2001-10-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1592591213

A panel of recognized authorities comprehensively review the medical, surgical, and pathophysiologic issues relevant to lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema. Topics range from the open technique and video-assisted thoracoscopic approaches to LVRS, to anesthetic management, to perioperative and nursing care of the patient. The experts also detail the selection of candidates for LVRS, the clinical results and clinical trials in LVRS, and the effects of LVRS on survival rates.

Adult Chest Surgery

Adult Chest Surgery
Author: David J. Sugarbaker
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 1266
Release: 2009-07-20
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0071714405

The full spectrum of thoracic operative concepts and procedures at your fingertips Here, in a single all-inclusive volume, is the sum of clinical knowledge in chest surgery, primarily drawn from the perspectives of internationally known innovators in thoracic surgery. In this text you will find all of the concepts and procedures that comprise the core of the discipline, making it unique among all other general surgery textbooks. Completely up-to-date with the latest non-invasive techniques, Adult Chest Surgery features a logical organization based on anatomy, and each section has an overview chapter, which summarizes the relevant anatomy, pathophysiology, and diagnostic and procedural options. Throughout, operations and diagnostic procedures are highlighted in succinct, illustrated technique chapters, making the book ideal for practicing cardiothoracic, thoracic, and general surgeons, as well as for residents, fellows, and allied healthcare providers. FEATURES Authors from one of the largest thoracic surgery practices and training programs in North America Covers the entire range of thoracic surgical techniques and management, along with crucial preoperative evaluation, staging, and postoperative strategies 600 illustrations commissioned especially for this book A timely focus on the trend toward minimally invasive, endoscopic, and robotic techniques Non-surgical management chapters emphasize how to successfully manage specific clinical situations Insightful overviews of topics related to particular surgical procedures are presented, including survival rates, indications, patient characteristics, and technical and oncological principles Emphasizes the basic tenets of thoracic surgery and chest disease, making it ideal for board review and recertification

Core Topics in Thoracic Surgery

Core Topics in Thoracic Surgery
Author: Marco Scarci
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2016-12-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1107036100

An accessible handbook covering thoracic surgery topics, with comprehensive guidance for trainees, cardiothoracic surgeons and consultants.

Robotic Cardiac Surgery

Robotic Cardiac Surgery
Author: Changqing Gao
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2013-11-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9400776608

Robotic Cardiac Surgery is a comprehensive guide to robotic/totally endoscopic cardiac surgery. The book is intended to provide in-depth information regarding the history of robotic surgical systems, their components and principles. It emphasizes patient selection, perioperative management, anesthesia considerations and management, operative techniques and management, postoperative care and results. Extensive, detailed photographs and illustrations of different kinds of robotic surgery are also included. It provides cardiac surgeons, cardiac anesthesiologists, and perfusionists with a comprehensive review of current robotic cardiac surgeries and related knowledge. Changqing Gao, MD, is a professor at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

Thoracic Surgical Techniques

Thoracic Surgical Techniques
Author: Francis C. Wells
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2018-08-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319662708

This heavily revised second edition of this book provides a comprehensive overview of both common and rarely performed thoracic surgical techniques. Techniques covered include thymectomy, left and right lower lobectomy, rib resection for empyema, median sternotomy and lung biopsies. Emphasis is focused on the practical steps necessary to successfully and reliably perform the techniques covered, while acknowledgement is also given to individual variations in how these techniques are performed. Thoracic Surgical Techniques provides a detailed clinical illustrative guide for successfully performing a range of procedures reliably. Its large number of detailed illustrations and concise technical descriptions provides an invaluable resource for all practising and trainee thoracic surgeons.

Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Techniques for the General Surgeon

Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Techniques for the General Surgeon
Author: V. Suzanne Klimberg
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 627
Release: 2020-05-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030401960

This book covers an up-to-date review of advances in the management strategies for patients with breast cancer and their co-morbidities. Oncoplasty has become the standard of care for breast conservation surgery and can lead to improving aesthetic outcomes of breast cancer surgery, without compromising oncological outcomes. The goal of the text is to increase the competencies and performance of healthcare professionals involved in treating this patient population, which will ultimately improve the aesthetic outcomes, quality of life and overall survival of patients with breast disease and breast cancer. Written by experts in the field, chapters address a wide range of breast surgery techniques that help the general surgeon provide improved oncologic and aesthetic results for patients. The authors have detailed not only best practice for conventional procedures but also new and evolving techniques. Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Techniques for the General Surgeon serves as a valuable resource not only for medical students but also for the general surgeon seeking to improve results in private practice and for professors learning and teaching new breast surgery techniques.

Thoracic Surgery

Thoracic Surgery
Author: Claudiu E. Nistor
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1069
Release: 2020-10-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030406792

This book provides a guide to the anatomy and the surgical techniques required in thoracic and cardiothoracic surgery. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of certain surgical procedures in relation to the lymphatic system, thyroid gland, chest wall and parathyroid glands, as well as pulmonary endarterectomy. Further, it addresses intraoperative and postoperative complications, and explores newer fields like microthymectomy, microlobectomy, and pain management for thoracic surgery patients. Providing an update on the latest advances in thoracic surgery, it appeals to general, thoracic, cardiothoracic, and cardiovascular surgeons. It also offers trainees insights into the foundation of the techniques and the relevant anatomy.

Surgery for Chest Wall Deformities

Surgery for Chest Wall Deformities
Author: Gary W. Raff
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2016-11-25
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 331943926X

This book was conceived and written to provide a contemporary view of critical urban transport issues, policies, and initiatives in twelve countries with emerging economies, each at somewhat different stages of development. With dedicated chapters on Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, and Vietnam, the book contains detailed, comparable information about the current urban transport situation in the major cities in these countries. Written by specialists in the field, the book draws on a wide range of information sources to provide up-to-date accounts of each of these countries. By assembling this information in one volume, it provides a valuable source for academics as well as policy-makers with an interest in the current and emerging urban transport needs of a large portion of the world’s population.