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Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery

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Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery
Springer International Publishing

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Introduction
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    Chapter 2 Evidence Based Medicine: Quality of Evidence and Evaluation Systems
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    Chapter 3 Decision Analytic Techniques and Other Decision Processes
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    Chapter 4 Decision Making: The Surgeon’s Perspective
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    Chapter 5 Involving Patients in Difficult Decisions About Having Surgery
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    Chapter 6 EBUS vs. Mediastinoscopy for Initial Pathologic Mediastinal Staging in NSCLC
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    Chapter 7 Does Preoperative Smoking Cessation Reduce Surgical Morbidity After Lung Resection?
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    Chapter 8 Is Low Tech as Good as High Tech Exercise Testing in Assessing Healthy Candidates for Lung Resection?
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    Chapter 9 Does Assessment of Frailty and Sarcopenia in Lung Resection Candidates Affect Patient Selection?
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    Chapter 10 Can Frailty and Sarcopenia Be Mitigated in Lung Resection Candidates?
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    Chapter 11 Is Antibiotic Prophylaxis Necessary for Major Lung Resection?
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    Chapter 12 Uniportal Versus Multiportal VATS Lobectomy
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    Chapter 13 Robotic Versus Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Major Lung Resection for Early Stage NSCLC
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    Chapter 14 Does Blood Patch for Persistent Postoperative Air Leak Reduce Air Leak Duration
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    Chapter 15 Is Resection of Persistent N2 Disease After Induction Therapy Effective?
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    Chapter 16 N2 Disease Discovered at the Time of Vats Lung Resection: Resect or Abort?
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    Chapter 17 Does Induction Immunotherapy Confer Increased Operative Risk for Lung Resection?
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    Chapter 18 Does an Enhanced Recovery Program for Lobectomy Improve Surgical Outcomes?
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    Chapter 19 Resection vs. SBRT for Stage I NSCLC in Patients with Good Pulmonary Function
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    Chapter 20 Do Endobronchial Valves Assist in Resolution of Postoperative Persistent Air Leak?
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    Chapter 21 Is Long-Term Surveillance Effective After Resection of Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Cancer?
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    Chapter 22 Does ECMO for Lung Failure in ICU Patients Improve Survival?
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    Chapter 23 Does Local Therapy for Oligometastatic Disease in Lung Cancer Patients Improve Survival?
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    Chapter 24 Is Pulmonary Metastasectomy Effective in Prolonging Survival?
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    Chapter 25 Surgical Resection Versus Endoscopic Therapy for T1bN0 Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
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    Chapter 26 Does Induction Therapy for T2N0 Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Patients Improve Survival?
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    Chapter 27 Can Frailty and Sarcopenia Be Mitigated in Esophagectomy Candidates?
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    Chapter 28 Do Enhanced Recovery Programs for Esophagectomy Patients Improve Outcomes?
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    Chapter 29 Does Jejunostomy Tube Feeding Improve Outcomes After Esophagectomy?
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    Chapter 30 Surgery Versus Definitive Chemoradiotherapy for Regionally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer
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    Chapter 31 Robotic Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE) vs. Open Esophagectomy (OE) for Resectable Esophageal Cancer
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    Chapter 32 Two-Field vs. Three-Field Lymphadenectomy for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
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    Chapter 33 What Is the Appropriate Extent of Lymph Node Dissection in Esophageal Cancer
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    Chapter 34 Salvage Esophagectomy for Persistent or Recurrent Disease After Chemoradiation
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    Chapter 35 Early Oral Feeding After Esophagectomy
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    Chapter 36 Stent vs. Primary Repair for Esophageal Perforation
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    Chapter 37 Endoluminal Vacuum Therapy vs. Stenting for Esophageal Anastomotic Leaks
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    Chapter 38 Thoracoscopic Versus Endoscopic Therapy for Small Sub-epithelial Esophageal Tumors
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    Chapter 39 Laparoscopic vs. Endoscopic Therapy for Achalasia
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    Chapter 40 Laparoscopy or Endoscopic Therapy for Recurrent Symptoms from Achalasia
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    Chapter 41 Laparoscopy or Thoracotomy for Symptomatic Recurrent Paraesophageal Hernia
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    Chapter 42 Does Diaphragm Pacing for Bilateral Phrenic Nerve Paralysis Improve Function or Quality of Life?
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    Chapter 43 Does Phrenic Nerve Reconstruction for Unilateral Diaphragm Paralysis Improve Function or Quality of Life
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    Chapter 44 Is Plication for Diaphragmatic Eventration Effective in Improving Lung Function?
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    Chapter 45 Is Long-Term Stenting for Benign Airway Obstruction Effective?
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    Chapter 46 Are Engineered Tissues Useful for Tracheal Reconstruction?
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    Chapter 47 Management of Positive Margins After Resection of Primary Tracheal Malignancies
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    Chapter 48 Optimal Management of Posttransplant Bronchial Stenosis: Stenting or Reoperation
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    Chapter 49 Is tPA/DNase Effective in the Management of Pleural Empyema?
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    Chapter 50 VATS vs Open Management of Pleural Empyema
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    Chapter 51 Indwelling Pleural Catheters Versus Talc Pleurodesis for Recurrent Symptomatic Malignant Pleural Effusions
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    Chapter 52 Quality of Life: Extended Pleurectomy/Decortication vs Extrapleural Pneumonectomy
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    Chapter 53 Does Thymectomy Improve Outcomes in Patients with Nonthymomatous Myasthenia Gravis?
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    Chapter 54 Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Evaluation of Suspected Encapsulated Thymoma
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    Chapter 55 Robotic vs. Thoracoscopic Thymectomy for Thymoma
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    Chapter 56 VATS for Resection of Mediastinal Parathyroid Adenomas
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    Chapter 57 Thymectomy in the Setting of Pleural Metastasis
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    Chapter 58 Sympathectomy for Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias
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    Chapter 59 The Extent of Surgery for Palmar Hyperhidrosis
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    Chapter 60 Synthetic Versus Biologic Reconstruction of Bony Chest Wall Defects
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    Chapter 61 Traumatic Rib Fracture in the Absence of Flail Chest: Conservative Therapy or Surgical Fixation?
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    Chapter 62 Is Surgical Management of Flail Chest Effective?
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    Chapter 63 Epidural vs Regional Blocks for VATS and Thoracotomy
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    Chapter 64 The Nuss Procedure Versus the Modified Ravitch Repair for Pectus Excavatum in Adults
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Title
Difficult Decisions in Thoracic Surgery
Published by
Springer International Publishing, January 2020
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-47404-1
ISBNs
978-3-03-047403-4, 978-3-03-047404-1
Editors

Mark K. Ferguson

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