Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Lung and Esophageal Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wang, Jun (Editor), K. Ferguson, Mark (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Thoracic surgery.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Thoracic Surgery.; Surgical Oncology.

This Atlas presents a state-of-the-art review of VATS and robotic approaches to managing lung and esophageal cancers. It discusses cancer staging, physiological evaluation of patients, and patient selection for minimally invasive surgery. The atlas offers detailed descriptions of individual operatio...

Table of Contents:

• General considerations
• Wedge resections
• Lobectomies
• Segmentectomies
• Sleeve lobectomies
• Pneumonectomies
• Robotic lung resections
• Introduction
• Thoracoscopic and Laparoscopic Esophagectomy with Two-Field Nodal Clearance
• Thoracoscopic and Laparoscopic Esophagectomy with anastomosis in thoracic cavity
• Laparoscopic Transhiatal Esophagectomy
• Robot-Assisted Thoracolaparoscopic Esophagectomy.