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Tips and Tricks in Thoracic Surgery

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Editors:
  1. Dakshesh Parikh

    1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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  2. Pala B. Rajesh

    1. Regional Department of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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  • This book provides useful tips on operative and surgical aspects of thoracic surgery, to enhance the operative experience

  • Written by surgeons with experience of both open and minimally invasive approaches to the pathology

  • The authors will discuss the complications of surgery and how to avoid intra-operative and postoperative complications during surgery

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Lung

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Congenital Lung Malformations

      • Jörg Fuchs
      Pages 3-16

    3. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Severe Emphysema

      • Douglas E. Wood
      Pages 17-36

    4. Primary Tumours

      • Lawrence Okiror, Maninder Singh Kalkat, Pala B. Rajesh
      Pages 37-51

    5. Pulmonary Metastases

      • Cheng He, Cliff K. C. Choong, Paul E. Van Schil
      Pages 53-63

    6. Lung Transplantation

      • Mike Mulligan
      Pages 65-72

  3. Infections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. Empyema Thoracis

      • Dakshesh Parikh
      Pages 75-85

    3. Bronchiectasis

      • Rajan Santhosham
      Pages 87-93

    4. Fungal Infections: Current Role of Thoracic Surgeons in Cases of Pulmonary Aspergillosis

      • Masaaki Sato, Hiroshi Date
      Pages 95-108

    5. Surgical Management in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

      • Rajan Santosham
      Pages 109-123

    6. Lung Abscess

      • Dragan Subotic
      Pages 125-144

    7. Hydatid Disease

      • Mustafa Yuksel, Nezih Onur Ermerak
      Pages 145-152

  4. Trauma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Blunt Thoracic Trauma

      • Edward J. Caruana, Sridhar Rathinam
      Pages 155-174

    3. Penetrating Injuries

      • Eshan L. Senanayake, Timothy R. Graham
      Pages 175-184

  5. Thoracic Wall

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Chest Wall Tumours

      • Maninder Singh Kalkat
      Pages 187-198

    3. Pleural Pathologies and Malignant Effusion

      • Gregor J. Kocher, Ralph A. Schmid
      Pages 199-213
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About this book

Thoracic surgery is a high-risk speciality and requires attention to detail. This book, compiled by expert surgeons from around the world, offers pearls of wisdom on how to improve the surgical outcome and how to reduce unnecessary complications. The book is designed so that it covers all common thoracic operations in both adults and children as well as dealing with much rarer indications. It includes a discussion on the complications of surgery and provides specific tips on how to avoid intra-operative and postoperative complications. Tips and Tricks in Thoracic Surgery is a fully illustrated, comprehensive text aimed at qualified and trainee thoracic surgeons.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Dakshesh Parikh

  • Regional Department of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Pala B. Rajesh

About the editors

Pala Babu Rajesh, MBBS, MAMS, FRCS Ed, FRCS, (C/th) FETCS, FRCS( Eng) FIACS (Hon) Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Regional Department of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK Dakshesh H. Parikh, MD; FRCS (Paed) Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, The Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Trust, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tips and Tricks in Thoracic Surgery

  • Editors: Dakshesh Parikh, Pala B. Rajesh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7355-7

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-7353-3Published: 26 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-7355-7Published: 13 June 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 508

  • Number of Illustrations: 69 b/w illustrations, 136 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Thoracic Surgery

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