This heavily revised second edition of this book provides a comprehensive overview of both common and rarely performed thoracic surgical techniques. Techniques covered include thymectomy, left and right lower lobectomy, rib resection for empyema, median sternotomy and lung biopsies. Emphasis is focused on the practical steps necessary to successfully and reliably perform the techniques covered, while acknowledgement is also given to individual variations in how these techniques are performed.

Thoracic Surgical Techniques provides a detailed clinical illustrative guide for successfully performing a range of procedures reliably. Its large number of detailed illustrations and concise technical descriptions provides an invaluable resource for all practising and trainee thoracic surgeons.

Priniciples of Thoracic Surgery.- Fundamentals of Open and VATS surgery.- Bronchoscopy.- Simple Thoracoscopy.- Percutaneous Tracheostomy.- Chest Drains.- Chest wall anatomy.- Posterolateral Thoracotomy.- Anterolateral Thoracotomy.- Anterior Thoracotomy.- Median Sternotomy.- Axillary Thoracotomy.- Modified Ravitch operation Pectus Excavatum.- Nuss Procedure for Pectus Excavatum.- Pectus carinatum.- Chest wall tumours.- Excision of first rib for thoracic oulet syndrome.- Thoracoplasty.- Rib resection for empyema.- Cervicothoracic sympathectomy.- Surgical Anatomy of the trachea.- Tracheostomy.- Specific resections of trachea or carina.- Lung biopsies.- Operations For Spontaneous Pneumothorax.- Surgical Treatment Of Bullous Disease Of The Lung.- Right Pneumonectomy.- Right Intrapericardial Pneumonectomy.- Left Pneumonectomy.- Left Intrapericardial Pneumonectomy.- Right Upper Lobectomy.- Middle Lobectomy.- Middle And Right Lower Lobectomy.- Right Lower Lobectomy.- Left Upper Lobectomy.- Left Lower Lobectomy.- Upper Lobectomy With Sleeve Resection Of The Main Bronchus.- Chest Wall Excision In Combination With Pulmonary Resection.- Segmental Resection.- Excision Of Empyema And Decortication Of The Lung.- Early Post-Pneumonectomy Bronchopleural Fistula.- Late Post-Pneumonectomy Bronchopleural Fistula.- Closure of post pneumonectomy space.- Anatomy Of The Mediastinum.- Mediastinoscopy & Endoscopic Biopsy.- Anterior Mediastinotomy