Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Marco Scarci MD FRCSConsultant Thoracic Surgeon, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK Piergiorgio Solli MD PhDVice Director, Division of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy Alan D L Sihoe MA FRCS FCCPClinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China, Chief of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital, China

• 1              The rationale for minimally invasive thoracic surgery2              The history and evolution of minimally invasive thoracic surgery3              Establishing a minimally invasive thoracic surgery program4              Anesthetic considerations5              Clinical pathways in minimally invasive thoracic surgery6              Patient preparation and port positioning6              VATS lobectomy7              VATS mediastinal lymph node dissection8              Thoracoscopic pneumonectomy9              Thoracoscopic sleeve lobectomy10           VATS en bloc chest wall resection11           Segmental resections12           Intra-operative complications and conversions13           VATS for minor procedures14           Emerging non-surgical techniques for volume reduction in emphysema15           VATS for empyema thoracis17           Video mediastinoscopy16           VATS thymectomy17           Pericardial window20           Sympathetic nerve18           First rib and thoracic outlet19           Management of chylothorax20           VATS plication of the diaphragm21           Surgery for pectus excavatum22           Robotic-assisted mediastinal surgery23           Robotic-assisted lobectomy24           Needlescopic and biportal VATS lobectomy25           Single-port VATS lobectomy26           Single-port VATS for benign disease27           Non-intubated VATS28           Endobronchial ultrasound29           Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy30           Air leak and chest drain management31           Pleuroscopy