Medical management of the thoracic surgery patient /

Medical Management of the Thoracic Surgery Patient, by Michael I. Lewis, MD and Robert J. McKenna, Jr., MD, is a comprehensive pulmonary and thoracic reference that takes a practical approach to the diagnosis, workup and care of the thoracic surgery patient. It is geared towards pulmonary and critic...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Lewis, Michael I., McKenna, Robert J., 1925-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Saunders/Elsevier, ©2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Imaging of the Thoracic Surgery Patient
  • Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Thoracic Surgery
  • Preoperative Evaluation of Thoracic Surgery Patients
  • Diagnostic Bronchoscopy
  • Mediastinoscopy and Mediastinotomy
  • Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
  • Anesthetic Considerations in Thoracic Surgery
  • Thoracic Surgical Anatomy and Procedures
  • Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
  • Tracheotomy
  • Tracheal Stenosis
  • Tracheoesophageal Fistula
  • Tracheal Masses
  • Congenital and Developmental Lung Malformations
  • Emphysema: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
  • Thoracic Surgical Considerations in Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases of the Lung
  • Massive Hemoptysis
  • Role of Lung Biopsy in Diffuse Lung Disease
  • Evaluation and Management of the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
  • Lung Cancer Screening
  • Staging of Lung Cancer
  • Pathologic Classification of Lung Malignancies and Special Pathologic Procedures
  • Surgical Management of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Overview of Radiation Therapy Terms and Procedures in the Management of Thoracic Malignancies
  • Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer
  • Radiofrequency Ablation of Lung Tumors
  • Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
  • Superior Sulcus Tumors
  • Chest Wall Invasion in Lung Cancer
  • Preoperative Assessment of High-Risk Patients for Lung Cancer Resection
  • Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • Other Neoplastic Lesions: Benign and Malignant
  • Resection for Pulmonary Metastases
  • Patient Evaluation and Selection
  • Lung Transplant Donor Selection and Management
  • Surgical Techniques and Options
  • Lung Transplantation: Perioperative Management and Early Complications
  • Intermediate and Late Complications of Lung Transplantation
  • Transplant Pharmacology
  • Transplant Immunology
  • Masses of the Anterior Mediastinum
  • Masses of the Middle Mediastinum
  • Posterior Mediastinal Masses
  • Other Mediastinal Disorders: Fibrosing Mediastinitis, Acute, Mediastinitis, and Mediastinal Hemorrhage
  • Tube Thoracostomy
  • Pleural Effusions and Complications
  • Pleural Masses
  • Pneumothorax and Bronchopleural Fistula
  • Chest Wall
  • Diaphragm Disorders: Paralysis, Hernia, Eventration
  • Clinical Features and Evaluation of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
  • Initial Trauma Management
  • Management of Thoracic Trauma
  • Carcinoma of the Esophagus
  • Benign Esophageal Disease
  • Management of Esophageal Perforation.