Use of the transcervical approach in thoracic surgery has advanced significantly during the past 60 years, owing primarily to advances in technology. Nevertheless, the possibilities of this approach have never been compiled in a systematic way. This book aims to rectify the situation by describing, in a structured way, all the thoracic procedures that can be performed using the transcervical approach. Indications and contraindications, surgical techniques, complications, and results are all covered, based on the authors' experience and published reports. The contents encompass diverse surgical endoscopic procedures for diagnosis and staging, use of the transcervical approach for surgery to the thymus and mediastinum, lungs and bronchi, trachea and esophagus and miscellaneous items including the role of robotic surgery.

DIAGNOSTIC AND STAGING SURGICAL ENDOSCOPIES

Mediastinoscopy
Extended Cervical Mediastinoscopy
Remediastinoscopy
Mediastino-Thoracoscopy
Cervical Incision Thoracic Endoscopic Surgery (CITES)
Mediastinal Ultrasonography (MUS) as a Surgical Adjuvant In Lung Cancer Staging
Video-Assisted Mediastinoscopic Lymphadenectomy (VAMLA)
Transcervical Extended Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy (TEMLA): The Standard Procedure And Its Variations
THYMUS AND MEDIASTINUM
Thymectomy Through Cervicotomy
Transcervical Extended Thymectomy With Bilateral Opening Of The Mediastinal Pleura
Transcervical Thymectomy With Bilateral Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
Rethymectomy
Transcervical Resection Of Mediastinal Metastatic Nodes And Mediastinal Tumors
Miscellaneous Indications: Mediastinitis, Cysts, Etc
LUNGS AND BRONCHI
Lobectomy
Closure Of Postpneumonectomy Bronchopleural Fistula
Closure Of The Main Bronchus Prior To The Definitive Pneumonectomy
TRACHEA AND OESOPHAGUS
Tracheal Resection
Oesophageal Procedures
MISCELLANY
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome -Supraclavicular Approach
Robotics.