The Transcervical Approach in Thoracic Surgery

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Diagnostic and Staging Surgical Endoscopies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Scalene Fat Pad Biopsy

      • Ramón Rami-Porta, Juan Carlos Trujillo-Reyes, Roser Saumench-Perramon

      Pages 3-8

   3. Mediastinoscopy

      • Ramón Rami-Porta, Sergi Call, Mireia Serra-Mitjans

      Pages 9-27

   4. Extended Cervical Mediastinoscopy

      • Sergi Call, Carme Obiols, Ramon Rami-Porta

      Pages 29-35

   5. Remediastinoscopy

      • Michèle De Waele, Paul E. Van Schil

      Pages 37-44

   6. Cervical Mediastino-Thoracoscopy

      • Alan G. Dawson, David A. Waller

      Pages 45-51

   7. Cervical Incision Thoracic Endoscopic Surgery (CITES)

      • Jalal Assouad

      Pages 53-60

   8. Cervical Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (C-VATS)

      • Eric Goudie, Moishe Liberman

      Pages 61-66

   9. Mediastinoscopic Ultrasonography (MUS) as a Surgical Adjuvant in Lung Cancer Staging

      • Michael Wolf, Biruta Witte, Martin Hürtgen

      Pages 67-88

   10. Video-Assisted Mediastinoscopic Lymphadenectomy (VAMLA)

       • Biruta Witte, Michael Wolf, Martin Hürtgen

       Pages 89-99

   11. Transcervical Extended Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy (TEMLA): The Standard Procedure and Its Variations

       • Marcin Zieliński

       Pages 101-116

3. Thymus and Mediastinum

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. Transcervical Thymectomy and Extended Thymectomy with Bilateral Opening of the Mediastinal Pleura

      • Mithran Sukumar

      Pages 119-125

   3. Technique of the Transcervical-Subxiphoid-Videothoracoscopic Maximal Thymectomy

      • Wojciech Czajkowski, Marcin Zieliński, Juliusz Pankowski, Tomasz Nabiałek, Artur Szlubowski

      Pages 127-136

   4. Rethymectomy in the Treatment of Refractory Myasthenia Gravis: Operative Technique Through the Transcervical Approach

      • Marcin Zieliński

      Pages 137-140

   5. Transcervical Resection of Mediastinal Tumors

      • Marcin Zieliński

      Pages 141-147

   6. Miscellaneous Indications of the Transcervical Approach to the Mediastinum

      • Josep Belda-Sanchis, Manuela Iglesias-Sentís, Elisabeth Martínez-Téllez

      Pages 149-156

4. Lungs and Bronchi

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. Transcervical Right and Left Upper Pulmonary Lobectomies

      • Marcin Zieliński, Juliusz Pankowski

      Pages 159-163

Use of the transcervical approach in thoracic surgery has advanced significantly during the past 60 years, owing primarily to advances in technology. Nevertheless, the possibilities of this approach have never been compiled in a systematic way. This book aims to rectify the situation by describing, in a structured way, all the thoracic procedures that can be performed using the transcervical approach. Indications and contraindications, surgical techniques, complications, and results are all covered, based on the authors’ experience and published reports. The contents encompass diverse surgical endoscopic procedures for diagnosis and staging, use of the transcervical approach for surgery to the thymus and mediastinum, lungs and bronchi, trachea and esophagus and miscellaneous items including the role of robotic surgery.

• Mediastinal lymphadenectomy
• Mediastinal tumors
• Mediastinoscopy
• Thymectomy
• Transcervical lobectomy
• thoracic surgery
• surgical oncology

From the book reviews:

“This book offers expert instruction on thoracic surgery through a cervical approach, covering current applications thoroughly and discussing future uses. … The book is written for practitioners and trainees in thoracic surgery. … This is a very useful book for practitioners of thoracic surgery interested in performing procedures through a cervical incision. It offers a detailed discussion of a topic often only covered in a textbook chapter. It will be a good addition to any reading on thoracic surgery.” (Michael Bates, Doody's Book Reviews, December, 2014)

• Thoracic Surgery, Pulmonary Hospital, Zakopane, Poland

  Marcin Zieliński

• Thoracic Surgery Service, University Hospital Mutua Terrassa, Terrassa, Spain

  Ramón Rami-Porta

Ramón Rami-Porta, MD, PhD, FETCS, graduated from the Medical School, University of Barcelona, in 1980 and then undertook specialty training in thoracic surgery at the ‘Jimenez Diaz’ Foundation, Autonomous University of Madrid. He gained his PhD in 1986 and since 1989 has been Attending Thoracic.

Surgeon at the Hospital Universitari Mutua Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona. Since 1998 he has been on the editorial board of the Cochrane Lung Cancer Group and in 2006 he became Associate Editor of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer till 2012. He was also a member of the editorial board for Archivos de Bronconeumología, the journal of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery from 2009 to 2013. He is the author of more than 80 articles in peer-reviewed journals as well as numerous book chapters. Marcin Zielinski, MD, PhD, graduated from the Medical Academy in Warsaw in 1983 and subsequently specialized in general and thoracic surgery. He gained his doctorate in 1994 from the Medical Academy in Warsaw and in 2006 was awarded his Habilitation by the Jagiellonian University, Cracow, for studies on factors affecting the effectiveness of the operative treatment of myasthenia gravis. Since 1996 he has been Head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery and since 2004, also Director of the Pulmonary Hospital in Zakopane. Dr. Zielinski is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (Torino) and a reviewer of thoracic surgery manuscripts for several leading journals. He is the author of almost 70 original articles in indexed journals.

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