10 Resection of posterior mediastinal lesions Joseph B. Shrager INTRODUCTION The posterior mediastinum is bounded anteriorly by the posterior pericardium and extends posteriorly to the chest wall and laterally to…
18 Segmentectomy Wentao Fang, Chenxi Zhong and Zhigang Li RATIONALE FOR SEGMENTECTOMY Segmentectomy was first performed in 1939 for the treatment of benign pulmonary diseases such as bronchiectasis and tuberculosis….
44 Thoracoscopic management of esophageal diverticula THOMAS J. WATSON AND CHRISTIAN G. PEYRE INTRODUCTION Esophageal diverticula are uncommon and typically cause dysphagia, regurgitation, recurrent aspiration, or chest pain. Most clinically…
28 Esophageal stents Nabil P. Rizk and Sarah K. Thompson A recent American College of Gastroenterology study reviewed the available evidence regarding the various uses of esophageal stents and provided…
31 Use of the stomach as an esophageal substitute Benjamin knight PRINCIPLES AND JUSTIFICATION The colon as a viable conduit after esophageal resection hasbeen used for over a hundred years…
14 Extrapleural pneumonectomy Yifan Zheng, William G. Richards, Julianne S. Barlow, Adrienne Camp and Raphael Bueno HISTORY The incidence of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) worldwide is expected to increase in…
45 Laparoscopic management of epiphrenic diverticula FERNANDO MIER AND JOHN G. HUNTER Esophageal epiphrenic diverticula are pulsion diverticula located in the distal 10 cm of the esophagus. They represent the…
25 Management of postoperative chylothorax Maxim Itkin and John C. Kucharczuk INTRODUCTION Traumatic chylothorax is a result of the direct or indirect trauma to the thoracic duct (TD) or its…
26 Outpatient thoracic surgery Laureano Molins, Juan J. Fibla and Jorge HernÁNdez INTRODUCTION The term “ambulatory surgery” was coined by J. E. Davis in 1986. Outpatient surgery, also called “major…
21 Lung volume reduction surgery Claudio Caviezel and Walter Weder HISTORY Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a major and wellknown health problem. It was first described as large air spaces…
