Minimally Invasive Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

1. History of Minimally Invasive Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Corrado Lavini, Ciro Ruggiero, Uliano Morandi

2. General Aspects of Thoracoscopic Surgery
Dominique Gossot

3. General Aspects in Robotic Surgery
Franca M. A. Melfi, Federico Davini, Andrea Viti, Ralph Alexander Schmid, Alfredo Mussi

4. Drainages in Thoracoscopic Surgery
Franco Gambazzi

5. Anesthesia
Andreas Vogt

6. Imaging
Bernd Kläeser, Jakub Wiskirchen

7. Technique for Complete Video-Assisted Thoracic Lobectomy (c-VATS Lobectomy)
Jan Siebenga

8. VATS Lobectomy: The Copenhagen Experience
Henrik Jessen Hansen, René H. Petersen

9. Single-Port Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy
Diego Gonzalez-Rivas

10. Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Anatomic Segmentectomies
Dominique Gossot, Ricard Ramos, Emmanuel Brian

11. Non-anatomical Resections of the Lung
Rolf G. C. Inderbitzi

12. Robotic Lobectomy
Franca M. A. Melfi, Federico Davini, Olivia Fanucchi, Ralph Alexander Schmid, Alfredo Mussi

13. Minimally Invasive Robotic Assisted Sleeve Lobectomy
Thomas Schmid, Johannes Bodner, Florian Augustin

14. Robotically Assisted Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer
Lorenzo Spaggiari, Giulia Veronesi, Ruy Fernando Kuenzer Caetano Silva

15. Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Emphysema: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery, Concomitant Cancer Resection, and Volume Reduction Surgery and Bullectomy
Cliff K. C. Choong, Julian A. Smith, Joel David Copper, Rolf G. C. Inderbitzi

16. The Pleura: General Aspects
Rolf G. C. Inderbitzi

17. Talc Poudrage
Giuseppe Cardillo, Luigi Carbone, Francesco Carleo, Anna Rita Forcione, Massimo Martelli

18. Pleural Abrasion
Uliano Morandi, Alessandro Stefani, Christian Casali

19. Video-Thoracoscopic Parietal Pleurectomy
Paul E. Schil, Jeroen M. Hendriks, Chantal Vandenbroeck, Patrick R. Lauwers

20. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Techniques in the Treatment of Complicated Parapneumonic Effusions and Empyema
Giovanni L. Carboni

21. Malignant Mesothelioma
David A. Waller, Muhammad Javed

22. Staging Procedures
Gunda Leschber, Johannes Merk

23. Video-Assisted Thoracic Lymphadenectomy
Godehard Friedel, Stefanie Veit, Thomas Kyriss

24. Minimally Invasive Thymectomy: Introduction
Marcin Zielin´ski, Federico Rea

25. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Thymectomy
Marcin Zielin´ski

26. Robotic Thymectomy
Federico Rea, Giuseppe Marulli

27. Complete Thoracoscopic Thymectomy (cT-Thymectomy)
Rolf G. C. Inderbitzi, Ralph Alexander Schmid

28. Thoracic Duct Ligation
Rolf G. C. Inderbitzi

29. Endoscopic Sympathetic Surgery
Georg Bischof, Peter Panhofer, Christoph Neumayer

30. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Pericardial Window
Rolf G. C. Inderbitzi

31. Minimal-Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum
Beatrix Hoksch, Jan Siebenga, Ralph Alexander Schmid

32. Resection of Mid and Distal Esophageal Diverticulum
Sebastian F. Schoppmann, Johannes Zacherl

33. Resection of Benign Tumours
Yelena Devyatko, Sebastian F. Schoppmann, Johannes Zacherl

34. Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Philippe Nafteux, Georges Decker, Toni E. M. R. Lerut

35. The Diaphragm: Introduction and Basics
Willem Nicolaas Welvaart, Marinus A. Paul

36. Functional Disorders of the Diaphragm: Eventration and Acquired Paralysis
Willem Nicolaas Welvaart, Marinus A. Paul

37. Introduction
Roberto Pasquale Casula

38. Anesthesia in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Fabio Guarracino, Rubia Baldassarri

39. Minimal Access Mitral Valve Surgery
Thierry A. Folliguet

40. Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery via Right Minithoracotomy
Jamshid H. Karimov, Mattia Glauber

41. Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery
Thierry A. Folliguet, François Laborde

42. Minimal Access Aortic Valve Surgery
Roberto Pasquale Casula

43. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Volkmar Falk, Thomas Walther

44. Robotic Coronary Revascularisation
Roberto Pasquale Casula, Thanos Athanasiou

45. Anastomotic Connectors in Robotically Assisted Coronary Surgery
Stefanos Demertzis, Husam H. Balkhy

46. Minimal Access Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
Thierry A. Folliguet, Borut Gersak, Andy C. Kiser, Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker, Claudio Muneretto, Michael Zembala, Marian Zembala

47. Robotically Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure
Jean-Luc Jansens

48. Endovascular Hybrid Aortic Arch Repair
Martin Czerny, Michael Grimm, Martin Funovics

49. Videothoracoscopic Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Thierry A. Folliguet, François Laborde

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology, Anesthesiology, Pneumology/Respiratory System