Minimal Access Cardiothoracic Surgery

1 Thoracoscopy - A Historical Perspective 1
Commentary 10
2 Preoperative Assessment for Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery 11
Commentary 14
3 Room Setup and Instrumentation 15
Commentary 20
4 Anesthesia for Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) 21
5 Strategic Planning for Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery 28
Commentary 35
6 Ethical Aspects of Introducing New Surgical Technology 37
Commentary 42
7 Diagnostic Thoracoscopy for Pleural Disease 43
Commentary 47
8 Empyema and Hemothorax 48
Commentary 57
9 Chylothorax 58
Commentary 65
10 Malignant Pleural Effusion 66
Commentary 71
11 Spontaneous Pneumothorax 73
Commentary 79
12 Interstitial Lung Diseases 80
13 Thoracoscopic Lung Volume Reduction for End-Stage Emphysema
85
Commentary 91
14 Pleuropulmonary Tuberculosis 93
15 Localization of Pulmonary Nodules 98
16 Wedge Resection 103
17 Anatomic Lung Resection 107
Commentary 115
18 Thoracoscopic Lobectomy With Mediastinal Lymph Node
Dissection or Sampling 116
Commentary 124
19 The Immune Response to Surgery: Conventional and VATS
Lobectomy 127
Commentary 134
20 Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgical Non-Rib-Spreading
Simultaneously Stapled Lobectomy 135
Commentary 150
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21 Resection for Pulmonary Metastases 152
Commentary 166
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22 Videomediastinoscopy 169
Commentary 174
23 Diagnostic Thoracoscopy for Mediastinal Masses 175
24 Thoracoscopic Staging for Intrathoracic Malignancy 183
Commentary 193
25 Mediastinal Cysts 194
Commentary 198
26 Transcervical Approach to the Thymus 199
27 Partial Sternotomy Approach to the Thymus 205
28 VATS Approach to the Thymus 209
Commentary 215
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29 Posterior Mediastinal Masses 221
Commentary 231
30 Thoracoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy 232
Commentary 238
31 Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery 239
Commentary 252
32 Achalasia 253
Commentary 260
33 Esophageal Leiomyoma, Diverticulum, and Duplication Cyst 261
Commentary 265
34 Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy With Extended Mediastinal
Lymphadenectomy for Cancer 266
Commentary 274
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35 Minimal Access Approach to Esophagectomy 277
36 Anesthetic Considerations for Pediatric Thoracoscopic
Procedures 281
Commentary 289
37 Pediatric Minimal Access Cardiothoracic Surgery 290
Commentary 299
38 The Diaphragm 301
Commentary 307
39 Chest Trauma 308
Commentary 314
40 Spinal Deformities 316
Commentary 327
41 Thoracoscopic First Rib Resection for Thoracic Outlet
Syndrome 328
Commentary 334
42 Thoracoscopic Treatment of Hydatid Cysts of the Lung 335
Commentary 340
43 Complications and Pitfalls in Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
341
44 Cost Containment Strategies 349
Commentary 354
45 Endoscopic Fetal Surgery 355
Commentary 362
46 Interventional Bronchoscopy 363
47 Interventional Esophagoscopy 379
48 Interventional Radiology in the Chest 388
Commentary 397
49 Pioneering Minimally Invasive Coronary Surgery: A Historical
Perspective 399
Commentary 407
50 Patient Selection for Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery
Bypass 408
Commentary 411
51 Preoperative Assessment for Minimally Invasive Cardiac
Surgery 412
Commentary 415
52 Anesthetic Considerations for Minimally Invasive Cardiac
Surgery 416
53 Echocardiography in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery 425
Commentary 430
54 Alternative Incisions for Cardiac Surgery 432
Commentary 437
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55 Instrumentation for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery 439
Commentary 443
56 Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass 444
Commentary 449
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57 The H-graft MIDCAB 452
58 Combined Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass and
Angioplasty: An Integrated Approach 458
Commentary 463
59 Off-Pump Coronary Artery Surgery 465
Commentary 469
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