Thoracic Surgery: 50 Challenging cases

Description:

In Thoracic Surgery: 50 Challenging Cases, editor Wickii T. Vigneswaran has selected 50 challenging cases presented by leading thoracic surgeons. Each case highlights a unique situation from which other surgeons can learn. The selection of Cases includes patients with diagnostic challenges, unconventional and innovative solutions, unexpected findings, and new techniques to treat old problems. The discussions after each case provide a useful starting point for further inquiry. Amply illustrated, this book reflects the wisdom and experience of world leaders in thoracic surgery and teaches junior surgeons how to approach the key thoracic surgical procedures, and how to manage in unexpected and difficult situations. This is a Masterclass in thoracic surgery. Editor Bio Wickii T. Vigneswaran is the Professor and Chief of Thoracic Surgery for the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Loyola University Health System.

Table of Contents:

Case 1: Robotic-Assisted Resection of Fibrous Dysplasia of the Ribs

Case 2: Innovative Approach to Minimally Invasive Resection of a Second Rib Aneurysmal Bone Cyst

Case 3: Hybrid Approach to Repair of Acquired Thoracic Dystrophy in an Adult Patient after Failed Childhood Ravitch Procedure

Case 4: Cystic Bone Lesion of the Sternum

Case 5: Spontaneous Bilateral Sternoclavicular Joint Infections

Case 6: Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura

Case 7: Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura with Chest Wall Invasion—Treated with Chest Wall Resection, Reconstruction, and Adjuvant Proton Beam Radiotherapy

Case 8: Empyema from Misplacement of Percutaneous Nephrostomy Tube—A Diagnostic Challenge

Case 9: Malignant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura Associated with a Paraneoplastic Hypoglycemia

Case 10: Feculent Empyema after Laparoscopic Appendectomy

Case 11: Robotic Stapled Plication of a Left Hemidiaphragm Eventration

Case 12: Iatrogenic Diaphragmatic Hernia Causing Total Right Lung Atelectasis

Case 13: Successful Repair of Right Diaphragmatic Herniation with Recovery of Liver Function

Case 14: Late Presentation of a Post-traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia

Case 15: Resection of a Giant Posterior Mediastinal Ganglioneuroma

Case 16: An Unexpected Schwannoma of the Phrenic Nerve

Case 17: Acute Life-threatening Mediastinal Complications of Histoplasmosis

Case 18: Mediastinal Liposarcoma after Remote History of Radiation as an Infant

Case 19: Pseudo-aneurysm of Descending Aorta Presenting as Incarcerated Intrathoracic Stomach

Case 20: Tracheal Chondrosarcoma

Case 21: Multi-technique Management of Persistent Postintubation Tracheoesophageal Fistula in a Patient with Achalasia

Case 22: Presentation of a Congenital Tracheal-Esophageal Fistula in Adolescence

Case 23: Repair of a Near Full-Length Malignant Tracheal-Esophageal Fistula—A 17-Year Success Story

Case 24: Gastrobronchial Fistula and Central Diaphragmatic Hernia After Sleeve Gastrectomy

Case 25: A Bronchogenic Cyst Masquerading as a Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia

Case 26: The Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Echinococcosis

Case 27: Unusual Case of an Flurodeoxyglucose (FDG)-avid Non-Malignant Solitary Lung Mass

Case 28: Intralobar Pulmonary Sequestration with Aberrant Venous Drainage

Case 29: Pulmonary Dogworm (Dirofilaria immitis) Infection Presenting as a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

Case 30: Concurrent Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Extralobar Pulmonary Sequestration

Case 31: Primary Colloid Carcinoma of Lung

Case 32: Pulmonary Mucormycosis with a Staphylococcus epidermidis Co-infection

Case 33: A Complicated Pulmonary Cystic Echinococcosis in Pregnancy

Case 34: Staged Bilateral Uniportal Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (U-VATS) Extended Lung Resection for Chronic Bronchiectasis

Case 35: Robotic Lobectomy in a Patient with Bronchiectasis and Diffuse Pleural Adhesions—Advantages Over Challenges

Case 36: Successful Pulmonary Rescue of Adult Onset Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Using Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Window Thoracostomy

Case 37: Intimal Sarcoma of the Pulmonary Artery

Case 38: An Obstructing Benign Fibroepithelial Polyp

Case 39: Getting the “Gist” of Esophageal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs)

Case 40: Acute Esophageal Necrosis in Prader–Willi Syndrome

Case 41: Enucleation of a Giant Esophageal Leiomyoma with Primary Esophageal Repair

Case 42: Primary Colon Cancer in an Interposition Graft Following Esophagectomy

Case 43: Mixed Cavernous Hemangioma-Lymphangioma of the Gastroesophageal Junction

Case 44: Aortoesophageal Fistula, a Complication of Esophageal Stent Placement

Case 45: Managing an Unusual Case of a Long Segment Benign Esophageal Stricture

Case 46: Post-esophagectomy Colon Diaphragmatic Herniation

Case 47: Normalized Blood Gases and Improved Pulmonary Function after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in a Patient with Severe Global Respiratory Insufficiency

Case 48: Bilateral Lobar Lung Transplantation with Extra-corporal Life Support (ECLS) in a Jehovah’s Witness

Case 49: Single-Lung Transplant Recipient with Primary Carcinoma Metastasis from Native Lung to Donor Lung Allograft

Case 50: Multistage Approach to Lung Transplantation in a Cystic Fibrosis Patient with Chronic Superior Vena Cava Occlusion and Patent Foramen Ovale

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