Tips and Tricks in Thoracic Surgery

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Congenital Lung Malformations  (Jörg Fuchs)....Pages 3-16
 Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Severe Emphysema  (Douglas E. Wood)....Pages 17-36
 Primary Tumours  (Lawrence Okiror, Maninder Singh Kalkat, Pala B. Rajesh)....Pages 37-51
 Pulmonary Metastases  (Cheng He, Cliff K. C. Choong, Paul E. Van Schil)....Pages 53-63
 Lung Transplantation  (Mike Mulligan)....Pages 65-72
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 Empyema Thoracis  (Dakshesh Parikh)....Pages 75-85
 Bronchiectasis  (Rajan Santhosham)....Pages 87-93
 Fungal Infections: Current Role of Thoracic Surgeons in Cases of Pulmonary Aspergillosis  (Masaaki Sato, Hiroshi Date)....Pages 95-108
 Surgical Management in Pulmonary Tuberculosis  (Rajan Santosham)....Pages 109-123
 Lung Abscess  (Dragan Subotic)....Pages 125-144
 Hydatid Disease  (Mustafa Yuksel, Nezih Onur Ermerak)....Pages 145-152
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 Blunt Thoracic Trauma  (Edward J. Caruana, Sridhar Rathinam)....Pages 155-174
 Penetrating Injuries  (Eshan L. Senanayake, Timothy R. Graham)....Pages 175-184
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 Chest Wall Tumours  (Maninder Singh Kalkat)....Pages 187-198
 Pleural Pathologies and Malignant Effusion  (Gregor J. Kocher, Ralph A. Schmid)....Pages 199-213
 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome  (Mark X. Gannon)....Pages 215-223
 Pectus Excavatum  (Babu Naidu)....Pages 225-240
 Sternal Cleft  (Dakshesh Parikh)....Pages 241-248
Front Matter ....Pages 249-249
 Anterior Mediastinal Tumours  (Mohammed Abdel Aziz, Pala B. Rajesh)....Pages 251-259
 Thymic Pathology and Myasthenia Gravis  (Calvin S. H. Ng, Anthony P. C. Yim)....Pages 261-279
 Posterior Mediastinal Tumors  (Keith S. Naunheim, Melanie A. Edwards)....Pages 281-293
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 Bronchoscopy: Rigid and Flexible  (Sridhar Rathinam)....Pages 297-312
 Acquired Tracheal Stenosis  (Douglas E. Wood)....Pages 313-332
Front Matter ....Pages 333-333
 Congenital Oesophageal Atresia and Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula  (Rajay Rampersad, Dakshesh Parikh)....Pages 335-347
 Long-Gap Oesophageal Atresia  (David C. van der Zee)....Pages 349-360
 Foregut Duplication Cysts  (Michael Singh)....Pages 361-366
 Oesophageal Tumours: Benign and Malignant  (S. Michael Griffin, Barry Dent, Shajahan Wahed)....Pages 367-379
 Oesophageal Strictures  (David C. van der Zee)....Pages 381-387
 Oesophageal Replacement by Gastric Transposition  (Emma L. Sidebotham, David C. G. Crabbe)....Pages 389-401
 Oesophageal Replacement: Jejunal Interposition  (Janet McNally, Eleri L. Cusick)....Pages 403-413
 Achalasia of the Cardia  (Oscar Crespin, Carlos A. Pellegrini)....Pages 415-430
 Anti-Reflux Surgery  (Simon Paterson-Brown, Graeme W. Couper, Peter J. Lamb)....Pages 431-442
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 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia  (Ingo Jester)....Pages 445-454
 Diaphragmatic Eventration  (Dakshesh Parikh)....Pages 455-459
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 Spontaneous Pneumothorax  (Maninder Singh Kalkat)....Pages 463-474
 Hyperhidrosis  (Peter B. Licht)....Pages 475-483
 Chylothorax  (Dakshesh Parikh)....Pages 485-491
Back Matter ....Pages 493-508