Approaches and Surgical Techniques for Esophageal Achalasia, Hiatal Hernia and GERD (Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease)
For Achalasia a myotomy, which had been initially developed by Heller more than hundred years ago, is an effective therapy with good long-term results. Both abdominal and thoracic (minimally-invasive) approaches have been developed and improved the morbid
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racic Surgery
Claudiu E. Nistor · Steven Tsui · Kaan Kırali · Adrian Ciuche · Giuseppe Aresu · Gregor J. Kocher Editors
Thoracic Surgery Cervical, Thoracic and Abdominal Approaches
Editors Claudiu E. Nistor “Dr. Carol Davila” Central Military Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, Romania
Steven Tsui Royal Papworth Hospital Cambridge, UK
Kaan Kırali Koşuyolu Heart and Research Hospital Istanbul, Turkey
Adrian Ciuche “Dr. Carol Davila” Central Military Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, Romania
Giuseppe Aresu Royal Papworth Hospital Cambridge, UK
Gregor J. Kocher The University Hospital of Bern Bern, Switzerland
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Preface
There has been tremendous progress in general thoracic surgery over the last decade with significant advances in surgical techniques and instrumentation. These have meant that more patients are undergoing thoracic surgical treatment with less accompanying morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this work is to provide an up-to-date account of these advances by grouping chest surgery and border surgery according to an anatomical approach. Hopefully, this work will aid surgeons in training, practicing surgeons as well as surgical trainers who are eager to improve their surgical knowledge. Expert surgeons from all over the world have contributed to this first edition in an attempt to approach and expose, through their own experience, the surgical techniques in different pathologies encountered in thoracic surgery. Without claiming that this book covers all the techniques of chest
