Pulmonary transplantation
Chapter 21 Pulmonary transplantation Pedro Catarino, Marius Berman, John Dunning 1 Describe the history of pulmonary transplantation • The first pulmonary transplant was performed in 1963 (Hardy, Mississippi, USA) as…
Pre-operative assessment of a thoracic surgical patient
Chapter 7 Pre-operative assessment of a thoracic surgical patient Amit Modi, Edwin B. C. Woo 1 How should a patient undergoing thoracic surgery be assessed? • Confirmation of diagnosis. •…
Pulmonary metastases
Chapter 16 Pulmonary metastases Tim J. P. Batchelor 1 Which tumours metastasise to the lung? • The lung is the most common location for metastases for many primary cancers, with…
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Chapter 39 Thoracic outlet syndrome Sandra Gelvez-Zapata, Francis Wells 1 What is thoracic outlet syndrome (Figure 1)? Figure 1. Thoracic outlet syndrome. Reproduced with permission from Elsevier, ©…
Chylothorax
Chapter 28 Chylothorax Adrian Marchbank, Eltayeb Mohamed Ahmed 1 What is chylothorax? • Chylothorax is defined as the accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the pleural space. 2 How is chylothorax…
