Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Wedge Resection, Lobectomy, and Pneumonectomy Ali Mahtabifard Robert J. McKenna Jr. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is an appealing alternative to thoracotomy for many types of pulmonary…
Median Sternotomy and Parasternal Approaches to the Lower Trachea and Mainstem Bronchi Aart Brutel de la Rivière Henry A. van Swieten Median sternotomy as an approach to the mainstem bronchi…
Robotic-Assisted Surgery in Thoracic Diseases Kemp H. Kernstine Natalie A. Ramirez Simeon Cua Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is an integral part of current surgical practice and offers patients a number…
Segmentectomy and Lesser Pulmonary Resections Joseph LoCicero III Parenchyma-sparing pulmonary resections are important procedures for many patients. Although lobectomy and pneumonectomy remain standard operations for patients with primary lung cancer…
Tracheal Sleeve Pneumonectomy Marc de Perrot Tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy is an extended resection for tumors involving the tracheobronchial angle, carina or lower trachea, and lung. The most common indication is…
Pneumonectomy and Its Modifications Stanley C. Fell Malcolm M. DeCamp Jr. Evarts Graham performed the first successful one-stage left pneumonectomy in April 1933 on James Gilmore, a 48-year-old physician with…
Sleeve Lobectomy L. Penfield Faber A sleeve lobectomy is the removal of a portion of a main bronchus in conjunction with the involved lobar bronchus and associated lung tissue (Fig….
Technical Aspects of Lobectomy Stanley C. Fell Malcolm M. DeCamp Jr. Lobectomy by hilar dissection, first reported by Blades and Kent1 in 1940 for the surgical treatment of bronchiectasis, is…
Thoracic Surgery in the Elderly Amanda Marsch Joseph B. Zwischenberger During the last several decades, the fastest-growing segment of our population is made up of people >65 years of age….
General Features of Pulmonary Resections Gaetano Rocco Thomas W. Shields Resections of the lungs may vary from a minimal incision of the visceral pleura and enucleation of a hamartoma to…
