Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Topics in Thoracic Surgery

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Paulo Cardoso
Paulo Cardoso

University of Sao Paulo,
Brazil

Published 15 February 2012

Doi 10.5772/1505

ISBN 978-953-51-0010-2

eBook (PDF) ISBN 978-953-51-6796-9

Copyright year 2012

Number of pages 494

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Preoperative Evaluation of Patients for Thoracic Surgery

By Shanawaz Abdul Rasheed and Raghuraman Govindan

9,133
4. Thoracic Critical Care

By Seyed Mohammad Reza Hashemian and Seyed Amir Mohajerani

2,198
6. Post-Thoracotomy Pain Syndrome

By Anand Alister Joseph R., Anand Puttappa and Donal Harney

8,848
7. Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Effects of Pulmonary Endarterectomy

By Coen van Kan, Mart N. van der Plas, Jaap J. Kloek, Herre J. Reesink and Paul Bresser

2,549
8. Chest Wall Deformities: An Overview on Classification and Surgical Options

By Michele Torre, Giovanni Rapuzzi, Vincenzo Jasonni and Patricio Varela

16,513
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5,768
3,696
17. Surgical Treatment of Bronchiectasis

By Hidir Esme and Sevval Eren

5,066
1
3,038
19. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

By James D. Maloney, Nicole K. Strieter and Joshua L. Hermsen

2,248
2,736
21. Mediastinal Parathyroidectomy: Preoperative Management of Hyperparathyroidism

By Dariusz Sagan, Jerzy S. Tarach, Andrzej Nowakowski, Maria Klatka, Elżbieta Czekajska-Chehab, Andrzej Drop, Beata Chrapko and Janusz Klatka

2,752
22. Pulmonary Transplantation and Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

By Ashish K. Sharma, Matthew L. Stone, Christine L. Lau and Victor E. Laubach

3,483
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23. Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

By Francesco Puma and Jacopo Vannucci

8,861
1
24. Compensatory Lung Growth After Pneumonectomy

By Lucas G. Fernández, James M. Isbell, David R. Jones and Victor E. Laubach

5,597
26. The Role of PET-CT in the Clinical Management of Oesophageal Cancer

By Reubendra Jeganathan, Jim McGuigan and Tom Lynch

2,499

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