Thoracic outlet syndromes
5 Thoracic outlet syndromes Hugh A. Gelabert and Erdogan Atasoy A VASCULAR APPROACH Introduction A renewed interest in thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) has been evident with an increased number of…
Right-sided pulmonary resections
12 Right-sided pulmonary resections R. Kaiser Larry HISTORY Evarts Graham performed the first successful pneumonectomy for lung cancer in 1933.1 Pulmonary resection was also applied to patients with tuberculosis before…
Pectus deformities
2 Pectus deformities Antonio Messineo ANTONIO MESSINEO AND MARCO GHIONZOLI Pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum, which represent the two main anterior chest wall deformities, are often associated with systemic weakness…
Lung transplantation
24 Lung transplantation Paula Moreno HISTORY James Hardy performed the first lung transplantation (LT) in a human in 1963. The patient, a 58-year-old prisoner diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma…
Use of the stomach as an esophageal substitute
30 Use of the stomach as an esophageal substitute Arnulf H. Holscher and J. Rudiger Siewert HISTORY The use of the stomach as an esophageal substitute was introduced by Kirschner…
Tracheal resection
7 Tracheal resection Peter Goldstraw HISTORY Early attempts at tracheal resection were timid, limited to 2 cm or less of the trachea and frequently less than circumferential. More extensive resections…
Left thoracic approach to esophageal diverticula
43 Left thoracic approach to esophageal diverticula ANDRÉ DURANCEAU PRINCIPLES AND JUSTIFICATION Pulsion diverticula of the distal esophagus are considered to be complications of abnormal intraesophageal pressures. The work of…
Esophageal anastomoses: sutured and stapled
29 Esophageal anastomoses: sutured and stapled Jon shenfine and Glyn G. Jamieson PRINCIPLES AND JUSTIFICATION The penalties of anastomotic leak from an esophageal anastomosis can be severe. They vary from…
Abdominal and right thoracic esophagectomy
32 Abdominal and right thoracic esophagectomy S. Michael Griffin and Shajahan Wahed HISTORY Before 1946, the only widely practiced approach to the thoracic esophagus had been described by Sweet using…
Left thoracic subtotal esophagectomy
33 Left thoracic subtotal esophagectomy Jun-Feng Liu HISTORY More than 100 years ago, esophagectomy began to be used for obstructive esophageal diseases. Czerny resected the cervical esophagus for a 50-year-old…
