THORACIC SURGERY. LUNG RESECTIONS, BRONCHOPLASTY. MASTER TECHNIQUES IN SURGERY

Part I: ENDOSCOPY


1 Rigid/Flexible Bronchoscopy

Douglas J. Mathisen


2 Airway Stenting

Aaron M. Cheng and Douglas E. Wood


Part II: Lung Resection: General Principles


3 Endobronchial and Endoscopic Ultrasound Staging in Lung Cancer

Jordan Kazakov and Moishe Liberman


4 Mediastinoscopy: Current Role in Thoracic Surgery and Management

of Complications
Tibor Krajc and Michael Rolf Mueller


5 Transcervical Extended Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy (TEMLA)

for Staging of Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Marcin Zielin´ski, Wojciech Czajkowski, Tomasz Nabialek,

Artur Szlubowski, and Juliusz Pankowski


6 Mediastinal Node Dissection Right/Left (VATS/Open)

Hiroshi Date


7 Robotic Lymph Node Dissection

Franca M. A. Melfi, Olivia Fanucchi, and Alfredo Mussi


8 Techniques/Complications of Thoracotomy

Dan J. Raz


Part III: Lung Resection: Lobectomy


9 Right Upper Lobe: Open

Walter Weder and Ilhan Inci


10 Right Upper Lobe: VATS

Michael J. Weyant


11 Open Middle Lobectomy

Gunda Leschber


12 Right Middle Lobe: VATS

Michael J. Weyant


13 Right Lower Lobe: Open

Ralph A. Schmid and Gregor J. Kocher


14 Right Lower Lobe: VATS

Michael J. Weyant


15 Open Left Upper Lobectomy

N. Golan and Thomas K. Waddell


16 Left Upper Lobe: VATS

Michael Lanuti


17 Left Lower Lobectomy: Open

David Tom Cooke


18 VATS Left Lower Lobectomy

Daniel G. Nicastri, Oskar Kizhner, and Todd S. Weiser


19 Precision Cautery Laser Excision

Tae H. Song and Christopher R. Morse


20 Robotic Approach to Lobectomy

Benjamin Wei and Robert James Cerfolio


Part IV: Lung Resection: Segmentectomy


21 Right Upper Lobe (Anterior, Posterior, Apical)

Laureano Molins, Jean Philippe Berthet, Juan J. Fibla,
David Sánchez, and Abel Gómez-Caro


22 VATS Right Upper Lobe (RUL) Segmentectomy

Andrew J. Kaufman and Raja M. Flores


23 Superior and Basilar Right Lower Lobe Segmentectomies

Gaetano Rocco


24 Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Right Superior and Basilar

Segmentectomy

M. Blair Marshall and Dominic Emerson


25 Left Upper Lobe Segmental Resection: Lingula and

Superior Division—Open Approach

N. Golan and Thomas K. Waddell


26 Left Upper Lobectomy: VATS

Robert E. Merritt


27 Left Lower Lobe Segmentectomy (Superior and Basilar):

Open Technique

Sean C. Grondin and Colin Schieman


28 Left Lower Lobe Segments—VATS

Hugh G. Auchincloss and Christopher R. Morse


Part V: Lung Resection: Superior Sulcus Resection


29 Anterior Approach to Lung Cancers Invading the Thoracic Inlet

Olaf Mercier, Elie Fadel, and Philippe Dartevelle


30 Superior Sulcus Resection-Posterior Approach

Cameron D. Wright


31 Thoracic En Bloc Spondylectomy

Claudio E. Tatsui, Laurence D. Rhines, and Garrett L. Walsh


Part VI: Lung Resection: EPP


32 Extrapleural Pneumonectomy

Valerie W. Rusch


33 Pleurectomy and Decortication

Andrew J. Kaufman and Raja M. Flores


Part VII: Lung Resection: Broncoplastic Procedures/Vascular Reconstructions


34 Right Upper Sleeve Lobectomy

John D. Mitchell


35 Right Middle Lobe Sleeve Resection

Mara B. Antonoff and Bryan F. Meyers


36 Right Lower and Middle Lobe Sleeve Lobectomy

Douglas J. Mathisen


37 Left Upper Sleeve Lobectomy

Federico Venuta, Marco Anile, Daniele Diso, and Erino A. Rendina


38 Left Lower Lobe Sleeve Resection

Paula A. Ugalde, Jocelyn Grégoire, Yang Zhiguang,
Rabah Boultifat, and Jean Deslauriers



39 Right and Left Mainstem Bronchial Sleeve Resections

Smita Sihag and Douglas J. Mathisen


40 Pulmonary Artery Sleeve Resection and Lobectomy

Antonio D’Andrilli, Federico Venuta, and Erino A. Rendina


41 VATS Sleeve Lobectomy

Robert J. McKenna Jr


Part VIII: Lung Resection: Carinal Resection


42 Neocarina

John C. Wain


43 Right Carinal Sleeve Pneumonectomy: Transsternal Approach

John C. Wain


44 Right Carinal Sleeve Pneumonectomy: Transthoracic

Michael Lanuti


45 Carinal Right Upper Lobectomy

Harald C. Ott and Douglas J. Mathisen


46 Left Carinal Resection

Cameron D. Wright


47 Carinal Resection: Pneumonectomy Stump Recurrence

Eric H. Twerdahl and Douglas J. Mathisen


Part IX: Management Complications


48 Transsternal Repair of Postpneumonectomy

Bronchopleural Fistula
Olaf Mercier, Marc de Perrot, and Shaf Keshavjee


49 Transthoracic Repair Bronchopleural Fistula

Francis C. Nichols


50 Muscle Flaps for General Thoracic Surgeons

Mark S. Allen


51 Omental Flap

Bryan M. Burt and Joseph B. Shrager


52 Persistent Air Leaks/Pleural Spaces

Douglas J. Mathisen and Christopher R. Morse

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