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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;72:125
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Review of recent books

Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery

Edited by William S. Walker, Oxford, United Kingdom, ISIS Medical Media, Ltd, 1999, 250 pp, illustrated, £95 ($160), ISBN: 1 899066 09 8

Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery

Edited by William S. Walker

Oxford, United Kingdom, ISIS Medical Media, Ltd, 1999

250 pp, illustrated, £95 ($160)

ISBN: 1 899066 09 8

This book on video-assisted thoracic surgery edited by William S. Walker is a welcome contribution to this field, given the recent expansion of minimal-access techniques in both general thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. This book has a fairly heavy emphasis on general thoracic surgery, with rather brief mention of video-assisted techniques in cardiovascular surgery toward the end.

The book is enhanced by the early chapters that deal with the historic evolution of these techniques, along with a summary of the current status of instrumentation, imaging equipment, and strategies to equip the operating theatre for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.

In subsequent chapters, specific clinical problems and thoracoscopic approaches are outlined. In credit to this work, the background in each area is kept "to the point", and exhaustive detail is omitted. Sufficient data from published series are provided to put the thoracoscopic approaches into appropriate context. Again, in credit to this work, a wide variety of thoracoscopic procedures are dealt with, including thoracoscopic approaches to lung volume reduction surgery, major pulmonary resections, esophageal resection, and treatment of benign esophageal disease. The illustrations and tables accompany the text very well. The operative photographs are of adequate quality, and in general are helpful.

In summary, this book is a very readable and useful reference source for the practicing thoracic surgeon or for the thoracic surgical trainee. It is particularly appealing because of its ability to stay focused on the respective clinical problems, and to discuss the thoracic surgical approach succinctly.

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