Atlas of uniportal video assisted thoracic surgery. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Calvin Sze Hang Ng, Gaetano Rocco, Thomas A. D'Amico, editors.
• Editors: Gonzalez-Rivas, Diego; Ng, Calvin Sze Hang; MD, Rocco, Gaetano; D'Amico, Thomas A
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Part I: General Aspects & Background; The Evolution of Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery; Evolution: The Cornerstone of Surgical Progress; The Early History of VATS; The Evolution of VATS Outcomes Assessment; Birth: Defining the Technique; Infancy: Safety and Feasibility; Childhood: Crude Benefit; Adolescence: Objective, Quantifiable Benefit; Adulthood: Treatment Efficacy; The Evolution of VATS Technique; Early Three-Port VATS; Modified Three-Port VATS; Robot-Assisted Thoracic Surgery; Needlescopic VATS; Two-Port VATS; Uniportal VATS; Implications of Evolution on Technique Step-wise Learning: Manual Skills, Then VisualInstruments: Try Before You Buy; Coping Without the Posterior Port; Troubleshooting; Peri-operative Care; Implications of Evolution on the Future of VATS; Trial by Evidence; Training in VATS; Technology and Technique; Conclusion; References; The New Era of Uniportal VATS; Introduction; What Made Uniportal VATS Easier; Scope Technologies; Instrumental Design; Image-Guided VATS for Tiny Pulmonary Nodules; What Has Been Made Possible by Uniportal VATS?; Non-intubated VATS Lung Resection; Alternative Surgical Access; Robotic Uniportal VATS; Summary IntroductionSurgical Technique; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Part II: Uniportal VATS in Pleural and Mediastinal Diseases; Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for the Management of Pleural Effusions, Empyema and Pleural Biopsy; Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (Vats) for Pleural Effusions and Pleural Biopsy; Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (Vats) for Empyema; References; Uniportal Approach to Pericardial Window and Sympathectomy; Pericardial Window; Introduction; Patient Selection and Preoperative Planning; Uniportal VATS Pericardial Window SympathectomyIntroduction; VATS Sympathectomy; Patient Selection; Technical Consideration of Sympathectomy; Uniportal Thoracic Endoscopic Sympathectomy; Nonintubated Uniportal Sympathectomy; Embryonic Natural Orificial Transumbilical Endoscopic Surgery (ENOTES); Subxiphoid Uniport Technique; Conclusion; References; Uniport Anterior Mediastinal Surgery; Introduction; Operation Preparation (Fig. 1); Creation of the Wound (Fig. 1); Detaching the Anterior Mediastinal Tissue from the Pericardium (Fig. 2); Ligating the Thymic Vein, Retrieving the Bilateral Horns of Thymus (Fig. 3)
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 289 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 617.5/40597; Chest -- Endoscopic surgery -- Atlases; Video endoscopy -- Atlases; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811326042; 9811326045
• Related ISBNs: 9789811326035; 9811326037
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 10, 2019).
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