We think that minimally invasive thoracic surgery is good for patients and our specialty. The evidence is now overwhelming that operations that previously required thoracotomy incisions can now be performed safely by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), without compromising the efficacy of the operation. Compared to a thoracotomy, VATS offers patients comparable or reduced morbidity and mortality, earlier return to regular activities, earlier discharge from the hospital, and an overall lower cost. All thoracic surgeons need to understand this and learn the techniques of minimally invasive thoracic surgery, regardless of where they are in their careers, in order to offer these benefits to our patients. The purpose of this atlas is to enable thoracic surgeons to accomplish this transition from open surgery to minimally invasive surgery.
Atlas of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery (VATS) is designed to be a detailed “how to” manual for VATS procedures. The initial chapters present basic concepts of VATS techniques, and the bulk of the remaining chapters focus on step-by-step details of the most commonly performed advanced VATS procedures. Accompanying the book is a DVD with videos of the procedures corresponding to each chapter. The videos are also available on the book's companion website at www.ExpertConsult.com.
We would like to dedicate this book to our patients, who do battle with a very difficult foe and teach us daily about true courage and heroism. Each one of them gives us the inspiration to do better and dedicate ourselves to devising the best therapy possible, hence the development of minimally invasive thoracic surgery.
-- Robert J. McKenna Jr, MD, Ali Mahtabifard, MD, Scott J. Swanson, MD
Key Features
- Get the latest on video-assisted thorascopic surgery (VATS), including lung-volume reduction surgery.
- Hone your skills in each procedure through step-by-step instructions, along with tips and discussions of complications.
- Grasp the visual nuances of surgery from nearly 400 intraoperative photographs depicting procedures.
- Master the full range of minimally invasive procedure through comprehensive coverage that highlights even lesser known techniques.
- Watch procedures performed by the experts who helped pioneer them on the instructional DVD and the website.
Website Features
- Consult the book from any computer at home, in your office, or at any practice location.
- Instantly locate the answers to your clinical questions via a simple search query.
- Quickly find out more about any bibliographical citation by linking to its MEDLINE abstract.
- Videos: View video clips illustrating a variety of conditions.
Contents
Section I - General Topics
- CHAPTER 1 - General Setup and Techniques
- CHAPTER 2 - Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Versus Thoracotomy: Impact on the Immune System
- CHAPTER 3 - Anesthetic Considerations
- CHAPTER 4 - Applied Anatomy
- CHAPTER 5 - Wedge Resection and Brachytherapy for Lung Cancer (Video 5)
Section II - Lobectomies and Pneumonectomies
- CHAPTER 6 - Video-Assisted Lobectomy: General Considerations
- CHAPTER 7 - Pneumonectomy (Video 7)
- CHAPTER 8 - Right Upper Lobectomy (Video 8)
- CHAPTER 9 - Right Middle Lobectomy (Video 9)
- CHAPTER 10 - Right Lower Lobectomy
- CHAPTER 11 - Left Upper Lobectomy (Video 11)
- CHAPTER 12 - Left Lower Lobectomy (Video 12)
- CHAPTER 13 - Sleeve Lobectomy: Right Upper Lobe
- CHAPTER 14 - Sleeve Lobectomy: Right Middle Lobe Superior Segment
- CHAPTER 15 - Robot-Assisted Right Upper Lobectomy
Section III - Segmentectomies
- CHAPTER 16 - Left Upper Lobe Apical Trisegmentectomy (Video 16)
- CHAPTER 17 - Lingulectomy (Video 17)
- CHAPTER 18 - Superior Segmentectomy (Video 18)
- CHAPTER 19 - Right Upper Lobe Anterior Segmentectomy (Video 19)
Section IV - Mediastinal and Esophageal Procedures
- CHAPTER 20 - Video-Assisted Mediastinoscopy (Video 20)
- CHAPTER 21 - Right-Sided Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection (Video 21)
- CHAPTER 22 - Left-Sided Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection (Video 22)
- CHAPTER 23 - Video-Assisted Esophageal Mobilization (Video 23)
- CHAPTER 24 - Robot-Assisted, Two-Stage, Three-Field Esophagolymphadenectomy (Video 24)
- CHAPTER 25 - Video-Assisted Thymectomy (Video 25)
Section V - Miscellaneous Topics
- CHAPTER 26 - Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (Video 26)
- CHAPTER 27 - Resection of Pulmonary Blebs and Bullae (Video 27)
- CHAPTER 28 - Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy
- CHAPTER 29 - First Rib Resection for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (Video 29)
- CHAPTER 30 - Minimally Invasive Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation
- CHAPTER 31 - Thoracoscopic Approach to Spinal Deformities
- CHAPTER 32 - Diaphragmatic Plication (Video 32)
About the Authors
- Robert J. McKenna, Jr, MD, Chief, Thoracic Surgery, Program Director, General Thoracic Surgery Fellowship, Surgical Director, Women's Guild Lung Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
- Ali Mahtabifard, MD, Attending Surgeon, Cedars-Sinai Center for Chest Diseases, Associate Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
- Scott J. Swanson, MD, Director, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Chief Surgical Officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 318 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; 1 Har/Psc/ edition (2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1416062637
- ISBN-13: 978-1416062639
- Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.3 x 0.8 inches
List Price: $218.00