Title: Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) /
Authors: Demmy, Todd L.
Publisher: Landes Bioscience,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; Chest Endoscopic surgery.; Thoracoscopy.
Contents: Overview and general considerations for video-assisted thoracic surgery -- Pleural disease -- VATS in diffuse lung disease -- Pulmonary nodules and masses -- Lung cancer: diagnosis and treatment -- Esophageal cancer diagnosis and treatment -- Minimally invasive esophagectomy -- Thoracoscopy for trauma -- Thoracoscopic management of benign esophageal disease -- Mediastinal VATS -- Thoracoscopic neurologic surgery and thoracoscopic access for spinal surgery -- Pediatric thoracoscopy -- Thoracoscopic treatment of pericardial disease -- Vendor contact information -- VATS surgical preparation forms.