Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery: Principles and Practice of Thoracoscopic Technique

This  book provides a comprehensive, practical and timely review of all  aspects of video-assisted, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, used to  treat conditions of the lung, pleura, mediastinum, chest wall and  diaphragm.

Advances in technologies and  instrumentation mean almost all thoracic surgeries may be performed by  minimally invasive techniques rather than the traditional open  surgeries.

This book describes the thoracoscopic  procedures in current specialist practice with discussion on  indications, patient selection, surgical approaches, complications and  clinical outcomes.

The book opens with a summary of  the rationale for minimally invasive surgery and when to convert to open  surgery, as well as anaesthetic and peri-operative considerations,  before covering the range of procedures organised by anatomical site.

Numerous  figures and diagrams describe every technique in detail and an  authoritative, international team of contributors provides clinical  experience and expert guidance.