Laparoscopic large hiatus hernia repair
39 Laparoscopic large hiatus hernia repair ALEX NAGLE, GEOFFREY S. CHOW AND NATHANIEL J. SOPER INTRODUCTION The diaphragm is both a muscular and tendinous tissue that begins to bear mechanical…
Laparoscopic antireflux surgery
38 Laparoscopic antireflux surgery SARAH K. THOMPSON AND GLYN G. JAMIESON HISTORY Rudolph Nissen popularized a fundoplication that bears his name in 1956, following the discovery that a fundal patch,…
Mediastinoscopy and mediastinotomy
8 Mediastinoscopy and mediastinotomy Jennifer L. Wilson and Eric Vallières HISTORY Recognition of advanced lung cancer by using a novel cervicomediastinal exploration technique was first described in 1954 by Dwight…
Tracheostomy
6 Tracheostomy Abbas E. Abbas HISTORY Since early civilization, making a sharp cut into the easily palpable cervical trachea has been known as a quick method to either cut off…
Superior sulcus tumors
20 Superior sulcus tumors Valerie W. Rusch INTRODUCTION Pancoast tumors, properly known as “superior sulcus non-small-cell lung carcinomas,” are particularly challenging tomanage because they invade vital structures at the thoracicinlet,…
Thoracoscopic removal of benign esophageal tumors
36 Thoracoscopic removal of benign esophageal tumors DAVID IAN WATSON PRINCIPLES AND JUSTIFICATION The application of thoracoscopic techniques to the excision of benign esophageal lesions provides a minimal access approach…
Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
17 Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) Gaetano Rocco INTRODUCTION Single-port (uniportal) video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) represents an evolution of traditional VATS principles and, at the same time, a formidable return…
Chest wall masses and chest wall resection
4 Chest wall masses and chest wall resection Anna Maria Ciccone, Camilla Vanni, Federico Venuta and Erino Angelo Rendina HISTORY The first known chest wall resection to remove a thoracic…
Thoracic trauma
3 Thoracic trauma Scott M. Moore, Frederic M. Pieracci and Gregory J. Jurkovich HISTORY Almost all historical accounts of chest trauma are within the context of war and conflict. The…
Biportal fissureless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy
15 Biportal fissureless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy Alessandro Brunelli HISTORY The first reports, from Italy and North America, regarding video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy performed according to modern technical and…
