Thoracic Surgery: Surgical Procedures on the Chest and Thoracic Cavity

Thoracic surgery has undergone substantial change due to improvements in diagnosis and, subsequently, to more effective therapy. Starting with basic aspects of indications and pathophysiology, this book describes current surgical methods, including the operative conditions prerequisite for thoracic surgery. It demonstrates in detail to the surgeon the successive steps of surgical treatment in the thorax. Of particular value is the supplementary section on anatomy where the tables can be folded out and thus continually consulted while reading. The work provides the surgeon starting out in the specialty with a concise presentation of well-tried operative techniques; it will facilitate decision-making and procedure in everyday practice and in cases of possible complications. From the Foreword by Professor D.B. Skinner: "...This volume is a major contribution to the world literature on thoracic surgery and marks the revitalization of an important school of non-cardiac thoracic surgery in Germany..."