Ann Thorac Surg 1995;59:480
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Review of Recent Books
Thoracoscopic Surgery
Rochester Minnesota
Edited by Larry R. Kaiser and Thomas M. Daniel Boston, Little Brown, 1994 288 pp, illustrated, $189.00 Reviewed by Peter C. Pairolero, MD
See also page 477.
The textbook Thoracoscopic Surgery edited by Drs Larry R. Kaiser and Thomas M. Daniel consolidates into a single source the current state of the art of minimally invasive thoracic surgery. The text is multiauthored, and all authors are pioneers in video thoracic surgery. Collectively, the authors provide a wealth of experience. The chapters are concise and easy to read. Illustrations and tables are clear. All photographs are in color, and most are clear and easy to interpret. Redundancy, especially of instrumentation and placement of portal site, does exist because of overlap among the various authors.
The text is divided into three broad categories. The first deals with history, anesthesia, equipment, and techniques. The second section covers specific disease entities, and all anatomic regions of the thorax are discussed. High-frequency disease processes such as emphysema, pneumothorax, diffuse lung disease, and pulmonary nodules are discussed in detail, including evaluation, indications, and specific operative techniques. The last section deals with credentialing and privileging, economics of thoracoscopy, and the future of the procedure.
All in all, the text is well done and should serve as a repository of knowledge for both surgeon and trainee as it is timely, well-organized, and thorough. It certainly should be part of the armamentarium of all surgeons who perform this procedure.
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