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Atlas of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

Expert Consult - Online and Print, with DVD

  • 1st Edition - December 2, 2010
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Robert J. McKenna, Ali Mahtabifard, Scott J. Swanson
  • Language: English

Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery (VATS) presents step-by-step instructions on procedures that yield better patient outcomes and recoveries. Dr. Robert J. McKenna covers major de… Read more

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Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery (VATS) presents step-by-step instructions on procedures that yield better patient outcomes and recoveries. Dr. Robert J. McKenna covers major developments in video-assisted thorascopic surgery (VATS)—including lung-volume reduction surgery. The included DVD and online access offer videos of experts performing these valuable techniques.

Key features

  • Access the fully searchable contents of the book online at www.expertconsult.com, along with videos demonstrating key minimally invasive thoracic procedures.

  • Get the latest on video-assisted thorascopic surgery (VATS), including lung-volume reduction surgery.

  • Hone your skills in each procedure through step-by-step instructions, along with tips and discussions of complications.

  • Grasp the visual nuances of surgery from nearly 400 intraoperative photographs depicting procedures.

  • Master the full range of minimally invasive procedure through comprehensive coverage that highlights even lesser known techniques.

  • Watch procedures performed by the experts who helped pioneer them on the instructional DVD and the website.

Readership

Thoracic Surgery

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 19, 2013
  • Language: English

About the authors

RM

Robert J. McKenna

Affiliations and expertise
Chief, Thoracic Surgery; Program Director, General Thoracic Surgery Fellowship; Surgical Director, Women’s Guild Lung Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California USA

AM

Ali Mahtabifard

Affiliations and expertise
Attending Surgeon, Cedars-Sinai Center for Chest Diseases; Associate Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California USA

SS

Scott J. Swanson

Affiliations and expertise
Director, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Chief of Surgery, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA