Author Description

This book covers the whole spectrum of thoracic surgery and it is written by leaders in the field from different countries. Surgery for lung cancer, chest wall resection and reconstruction, treatment of empyema are all among the subjects discussed and described in this book. Along the standard techniques, also advanced procedures like carinal and sleeve resections and the use of cardiopulmonary bypass in thoracic surgery are described in graphic details. Every chapter is supplied with pictures, figures and drawings, to make the different surgical steps immediately understandable. For surgeons practising open thoracic surgery, this book is an invaluable resource and the most up-to-date reference currently available. For proponents of VATS, this book is similarly indispensable as a manual of what can and should be done when thoracoscopic approaches are not feasible or conversion is necessary. For all thoracic surgeons, this book is a most relevant reconfirmation that the best basic principles of thoracic surgery will always remain regardless of new-fangled technologies and revolutions.