Topics in Thoracic Surgery

00 preface_Topics in Thoracic Surgery......Page 1 01Preoperative Evaluation of Patients for Thoracic Surgery......Page 13 02Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis......Page 29 03The Effect of One Lung Ventilation on Intrapulmonary Shunt During Different Anesthetic Techniques......Page 45 04Thoracic Critical Care......Page 71 05Standardized Monitoring of Post-Operative Morbidity and Mortality for the Evaluation of Thoracic Surgical Quality......Page 79 06Post-Thoracotomy Pain Syndrome......Page 93 07Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Effects of Pulmonary Endarterectomy......Page 107 08Chest Wall Deformities: An Overview on Classification and Surgical Options......Page 129 09Pectus Excavatum: A Historical Perspective and a New Metal-Free Procedure......Page 149 10Surgical Management of Primary 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 Major Pulmonary Resections......Page 235 14Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Systematic Mediastinal Nodal Dissection......Page 259 15Pancoast Tumors: Surgical Approaches and Techniques......Page 285 16Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Recurrence Patterns, Prognostic Factors and Survival......Page 297 17Surgical Treatment of Bronchiectasis......Page 305 18Role of Thoracomyoplasty Procedures in Modern Surgery for Intrathoracic Suppurations......Page 321 19Lung Volume Reduction Surgery......Page 339 20Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction for Emphysema......Page 357 21Mediastinal Parathyroidectomy: Preoperative Management of Hyperparathyroidism......Page 375 22Pulmonary Transplantation and Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury......Page 383 23Superior Vena Cava Syndrome......Page 407 24Compensatory Lung Growth After Pneumonectomy......Page 421 25Pathophysiology of Extravascular Water in the Pleural Cavity and in the Lung Interstitium After Lung Thoracic Surgery......Page 439 26The Role of PET-CT in the Clinical Management of Oesophageal Cancer......Page 453 27Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Transition of Emergent Thoracic Surgery......Page 473