Noncardiac Thoracic Surgery — Academic and Clinical Reference Treatise
Surgery · Clinical Specialties
How it begins
Una exposición exhaustiva sobre la anatomía segmentaria, evaluación funcional respiratoria avanzada, técnicas de resección abierta y mínimamente invasiva (VATS/RATS), reconstrucción traqueobronquial y manejo perioperatorio de alta complejidad.
What it covers
- Surgical Anatomy of the Thorax, Tracheobronchial Tree and Ganglionic Stations
- · Chest Wall and Pleural Spaces
- · Bronchopulmonary Segmentation
- · IASLC Ganglion Station Map
- Preoperative Evaluation and Physiological Risk Stratification
- · Evaluation of Pulmonary Function: The ppo Algorithm
- · Cardiopulmonary Stress Tests (CPET)
- Approach Routes: Thoracotomies vs. VATS vs. RATS
- · Open Thoracotomies
- · Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)
- · Robot-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS)
- Pulmonary Resection and Tracheobronchial Reconstruction Surgery
- · Regulated Anatomical Lobectomy
- · Sublobar Anatomical Segmentectomies
- · Pneumonectomy (Complete Removal of a Lung)
- · Sleeve Resections and Bronchoplasty
- Benign Lung Pathology, Empyema and Lung Transplant
- · Surgical Management of Pleural Empyema
- · Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS)
- · Lung Transplant
- Diseases of the Pleura and Reconstruction of the Chest Wall
- · Spontaneous Pneumothorax
- · Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM)
- · Resection and Reconstruction of the Thoracic Wall
- Mediastinum, Thymus and Management of Myasthenia Gravis
- · Compartmentalization of the Mediastinum and Common Neoplasms
- · Thymoma and Masaoka-Koga Classification
- · Maximum Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
- Tracheal Surgery and Upper Airway Reconstruction
- · Post-Intubation Benign Tracheal Stenosis
- · Tracheal Resection and End-Terminal Anastomosis Technique
- · Slide Tracheoplasty
- Diaphragm Surgery and Application Techniques
- · Diaphragmatic Paralysis and Eventration
- · Diaphragmatic Application Technique
- · Diaphragmatic Hernias
- Postoperative Management, Air Leakage and Drainage System
- · Pleural Pressure Physiology and Drainage Dynamics
- · Bronchopleural Fistula (BPF): A Major Complication
- · Post-Lobectomy Lobar Torsion
- Chest Trauma and Emergency Surgery
- · Pathophysiology of the Unstable Chest (Flail Chest)
- · Tension Pneumothorax
- · Massive Hemothorax
The complete study guide is in the app
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- Subject
- Surgery
- Category
- Clinical Specialties
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 44
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02