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Management of Esophageal Disasters, An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics

  • 1st Edition, Volume 34-4 - September 27, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Stephanie G. Worrell, Olugbenga T. Okusanya
  • Language: English

In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. Stephanie G. Worrell and Olugbenga T. Okusanya bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Management of Esopha… Read more

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In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. Stephanie G. Worrell and Olugbenga T. Okusanya bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Management of Esophageal Disasters. Esophageal surgery can involve complications such as anastomotic leak, pain, bleeding, infection, and reflux. In this issue, top experts discuss the major complications of key thoracic surgeries, and how surgeons can best handle them.

Key features

  • Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including endoscopic management of iatrogenic perforations; managing pneumediastinum: do they all need a swallow?; complications after paraesophageal hernia repair; perforated esophageal cancers; paraesophageal hernias with perforations; and more
  • Provides in-depth articles on management of esophageal disasters, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
  • Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews

Readership

Thoracic surgeons

Table of contents

Pneumomediastinum
What Is New with Cervical Perforations? A Clinical Review Article
Endoscopic Management of Iatrogenic Perforations
Management of Complications After Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy
Complications After Paraesophageal Hernia Repair
Paraesophageal Hernias with Perforation
Perforated Esophageal Cancer
Aorto-esophageal Fistula Management
Esophageal-Pericardial and Esophageal-Atrial Fistulae
Airway Esophageal Fistula
Conduit Ischemia After Esophagectomy: A Spectrum of Clinical Manifestations, Prevention, and Management

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 34-4
  • Published: September 27, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

SW

Stephanie G. Worrell

Affiliations and expertise
Section Chief Thoracic Surgery, Associate Program Director General Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

OO

Olugbenga T. Okusanya

Affiliations and expertise
Thomas Jefferson University, Assistant Professor, Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, USA