Surgical Anatomy of the Trachea and Techniques of Resection and Reconstruction Moishe Liberman Douglas J. Mathisen This chapter is a revision, adaptation, and update on the original chapter written by…
Tracheostomy Joseph LoCicero III Traditionally, tracheostomy was an operation at once lifesaving and dangerous to perform. It was among one of the first operations done in antiquity, and references to…
Diaphragmatic Injuries Julian Guitron John Howington Joseph LoCicero III In 1541, Sennertus41 first described diaphragmatic injury. In 1578, Ambrose Paré17 described two cases that resulted in death. In 1886 the…
Management of Foreign Bodies of the Airway Julie L. Wei Lauren D. Holinger Foreign body aspiration is a serious and potentially fatal occurrence. Through advances in prevention, first aid, and…
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Joseph LoCicero III Although references to pulmonary dysfunction were made as early as World War I, there was little understanding of the mechanisms and course of…
Barotrauma and Inhalation Injuries Joseph B. Zwischenberger Ryan Fischer The term barotrauma is used to indicate damage induced by pressure applied to the airways and alveoli. Similarly, volutrauma refers to…
Blunt and Penetrating Injuries of the Chest Wall, Pleura, and Lungs Julian Guitron Lynn C. Huffman John A. Howington Joseph LoCicero III A systematic primary and secondary survey, as adopted…
Malignant Pericardial Effusions Deepak Singh Mark R. Katlic Malignant pericardial effusion is often a clinically challenging entity. A malignant effusion specifically is an accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac…
Malignant Pleural Effusions Steven A. Sahn Malignant pleural effusions are confirmed by finding malignant cells in pleural fluid or in pleural tissue by percutaneous needle biopsy or at thoracoscopy, thoracotomy,…
Uncommon Tumors of the Pleura Thomas W. Shields Anjana V. Yeldandi Rare Primary Benign Tumors of the Pleura Calcifying Fibrous Pseudotumor of the Pleura Pinkard and associates50 described the occurrence…
