This quick-reference guide is the first book written specifically for the many third- and fourth-year medical students rotating on the thoracic surgery service. The book focuses on the diagnosis and management of the most common pathologic entities. Each chapter covers history, physical examination, imaging, and common diagnoses. For each diagnosis, the book sets out the typical presentation, options for non-operative and operative management, and expected outcomes. Chapters include key illustrations, quick-reference charts, tables, diagrams, and bulleted lists. Students can read the text from cover to cover to gain a general foundation of knowledge that can be built upon when they begin their rotation, then use specific chapters to review a sub-specialty before starting a new rotation or seeing a patient with a sub-specialty attending. Topics covered include lung cancer, pulmonary resection, pleural empyema, thoracic outlet syndrome, esophageal disorders, tracheal malignancies, and much more.
Practical and user-friendly, Thoracic Surgery Clerkship is the ideal, on-the-spot resource for medical students and practitioners seeking fast facts on diagnosis and management. Its bullet-pointed outline format makes it a perfect quick reference, and its content breadth covers the most commonly encountered problems in clinical practice.
Thoracic Surgery Welcome.- Imaging in Thoracic Surgery.- Chest Tubes.-
Thoracic Anesthesiology.- Lung Cancer Screening.- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and
Staging.- Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Stage I and II).- Surgery
for Advanced Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Stage III and IV).- Superior
Sulcus (Pancoast) Tumors.- Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Lung.- Pulmonary
Function Testing and Preoperative Assessment.- Pulmonary Resection,
Approaches and Techniques.- Pulmonary Metastasis and Metastasectomy.-
Mesothelioma and Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura.- Thoracic Oncology.-
Radiotherapy for Primary and Metastatic Lung Cancer.- Massive Hemoptysis.-
Infections of the Lung.- Congenital Malformations of the Lung.- Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.- Spontaneous Pneumothorax.- Pleura Empyema and
Effusions.- Chylothorax.- Thoracic Trauma.- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.-
Hyperhidrosis.- Lung Transplantation.- Esophageal Reflux and Barrett's
Esophagus.- Hiatal Hernias.- Esophageal Motility Disorders.- Benign
Esophageal Tumors.- Esophageal Perforation and Caustic Injury.- Esophageal
Cancer.- Esophagectomy, Approaches and Techniques.- Tracheal Stenosis.-
Tracheal Malignancies.- Tracheostomy and Tracheoinnominate Fistula.- Chest
Wall Tumors.- Chest Wall Deformities.- Thymic Disorders and Malignancies.-
Mediastinal Tumors.
Thomas Ng, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Eastridge Cole Chair of Thoracic Surgery
Chief Division of Thoracic Surgery
Professor of Surgery
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
College of Medicine
Memphis
Tennessee, USA
tng4@uthsc.edu
Travis C Geraci, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
New York University Langone Health
New York, NY
USA
travis.geraci@nyulangone.org
