Chapter 3. Chest Imaging: Role of CT, PET/CT, and MRI
Chapter 4. Preoperative Evaluation
Chapter 5. Anesthesia Management
Chapter 7. Mechanical Ventilation
Chapter 8. Postoperative Management
Chapter 9. Role of the Pathologist
Chapter 11. Surgical Approach to Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers
Chapter 13. Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Chapter 14. Transhiatal Esophagectomy
Chapter 15. Three-Hole Esophagectomy: The Brigham and Women's Hospital Approach
Chapter 16. Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy
Chapter 17. Radical En Bloc Esophagectomy
Chapter 18. Three-Field Esophagectomy
Chapter 19. Left Thoracoabdominal Approach
Chapter 20. Left Transthoracic Esophagectomy (Ellis)
Chapter 21. Options for Esophageal Replacement
Chapter 22. Palliative Options and Procedures
Chapter 23. Management of Malignant Esophageal Fistula
Chapter 25. Resection of Esophageal Diverticula
Chapter 26. Esophagocardiomyotomy for Achalasia (Heller)
Chapter 27. Long Esophageal Myotomy
Chapter 30. Belsey-Mark IV Fundoplication/Collis Gastroplasty
Chapter 31. Nissen Fundoplication
Chapter 32. Other Reflux Procedures (Toupet, Dor, and Hill)
Chapter 33. Surgery for Barrett's Esophagus
Chapter 34. Management of Shortened Esophagus
Chapter 35. Management of the Failed Reflux Operation
Chapter 36. Techniques for Dilation of Benign Esophageal Stricture
Chapter 38. Congenital Disorders of the Esophagus in Infants and Children
Chapter 39. Resection of Benign Tumors of the Esophagus
Chapter 40. Management of Esophageal Perforation
Chapter 41. Blunt and Penetrating Esophageal Trauma
Chapter 42. Surgical Management of Corrosive Injury to the Esophagus
Chapter 43. Techniques and Indications for Esophageal Exclusion
Chapter 46. Endoscopic Treatments
Chapter 47. Use of Tracheobronchial Stents
Chapter 48. Techniques of Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction
Chapter 49. Surgical Repair of Congenital and Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistulas
Chapter 50. Tracheobronchial Injuries
Chapter 52. Bronchoscopy, Rigid and Flexible
Chapter 53. Management of Sputum-Positive Lung Cancer
Chapter 54. Techniques of Tracheal Resection
Chapter 55. Subglottic Resection of the Airway
Chapter 56. Resection of the Carina
Chapter 57. Mediastinal Tracheostomy
Chapter 58. Tumors of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract: Cervical Exenteration
Chapter 59. Ablative Endoscopic Therapy for Endobronchial Lesions
Chapter 61. Mediastinoscopy and Restaging
Chapter 62. The Five Lobectomies
Chapter 66. Sleeve Resection/Bronchoplasty for Lung Cancer
Chapter 67. Pancoast's Syndrome: Extended Resection in the Superior Pulmonary Sulcus
Chapter 68. Pancoast's Syndrome: Anterior Approach to Pancoast Tumor
Chapter 69. Radical Lymphadenectomy
Chapter 70. Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Extended Thoracic Resections
Chapter 71. Pulmonary Metastasectomy
Chapter 72. Surgical Treatment of Bronchopleural Fistula after Pneumonectomy
Chapter 73. Management of Hemoptysis in Lung Cancer
Chapter 74. Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Radiotherapy in NSCLC
Chapter 76. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Surgically Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Chapter 77. Percutaneous Thoracic Tumor Ablation
Chapter 78. Resection of Bronchogenic Carcinoma with Solitary Brain Metastasis
Chapter 80. Benign Lung Masses
Chapter 82. Pulmonary Sequestration
Chapter 83. Surgery for Bronchiectasis
Chapter 84. Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation
Chapter 86. Resection of Blebs, Bullae, and Giant Bullae
Chapter 87. Lung Volume-Reduction Surgery
Chapter 89. New Endoscopic Approaches for Treatment of Emphysema
Chapter 90. Thoracic Fungal Infections
Chapter 91. Role of the Thoracic Surgeon in the Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease
Chapter 92. Thoracoplasty for Tuberculosis
Chapter 95. Lung Transplantation Technique
Chapter 96. Living Lobar Lung Transplantation
Chapter 97. Medical Management of Lung Transplant Patients
Chapter 98. Management of Surgical Complications
Chapter 100. Nonoperative Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusions
Chapter 101. Thoracoscopy with Interpleural Sclerosis for Malignant Pleural Effusion
Chapter 102. Pleurectomy and Decortication for Malignant Pleural Diseases
Chapter 104. Intracavitary Hyperthermic Chemotherapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Chapter 105. Photodynamic Therapy in the Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions
Chapter 107. Medical Management of Nonmalignant Pleural Effusions
Chapter 108. Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum
Chapter 109. Benign Tumors of the Pleura
Chapter 110. Management of Acute Bronchopleural Fistula
Chapter 111. Nonoperative Therapy for Chylothorax
Chapter 112. Fibrothorax and Decortication
Chapter 113. Management of Chylothorax
Chapter 115. Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction
Chapter 116. Sternal and Clavicular Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction
Chapter 117. Options for Plastic Chest Wall Reconstruction
Chapter 119. Primary Repair of Chest Wall Defects
Chapter 120. Surgical Repair of Complex (Recurrent) Pectus Excavatum in Adults
Chapter 121. Thoracoscopic Sympathicotomy for Hyperhidrosis and Vasomotor Disorders
Chapter 122. Supraclavicular Approach for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Chapter 123. Thoracic Outlet Syndromes
Chapter 124. Thoracoscopic First Rib Resection with Dorsal Sympathectomy
Chapter 125. Thrombosis of the Subclavian Vein: Paget-Schroetter Syndrome
Chapter 126. Surgical Treatment for Chest Wall Infections
Chapter 128. Diaphragm Incisions
Chapter 129. Surgical Plication of the Diaphragm for Paralysis and Eventration
Chapter 130. Techniques for Repair of Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia
Chapter 132. Cervical Mediastinoscopy and Anterior Mediastinotomy
Chapter 133. Resection of Substernal Goiter
Chapter 134. Transcervical Thymectomy
Chapter 135. Thoracoscopic Approach to Thymectomy with Advice on Patients with Myasthenia Gravis
Chapter 136. Radical Transsternal Thymectomy
Chapter 137. Resection of Benign Anterior and Middle Mediastinal Cysts and Tumors
Chapter 138. Neurogenic Tumors of the Posterior Mediastinum
Chapter 139. Malignant Primary Anterior Mediastinal Tumors
Chapter 140. Resection for Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
Chapter 141. Robotics in Thoracic Surgery