Surgery of the Chest, 6th Edition Volume 1

"The definitive textbook of chest surgery. This comprehensive text is essential to the library of every cardiothoracic surgeon, resident or student, and provides valuable information in this broad field for anyone involved in the perioperative management of cardiothoracic surgery patients."
- Critical Care Medicine, review of last edition.
Quite simply, this is the most complete, authoritative resource of its kind in the world! Surgery of the Chest, 6th Edition is the premiere reference on pulmonary, cardiac, mediastinal, and chest wall disorders.

Offers unbeatable expertise. Each chapter is written by a recognized expert whose name is practically synonymous with that particular area of knowledge

Provides state-of-the-art information on anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, genetics, pathological features, evaluation and management techniques, final surgical results, and much more, for each disorder

Includes brand-new chapters on tracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation from both the anesthesiologist's and surgeon's viewpoint, acute pain management after surgery, postinfarction ventricular septal defect, postinfarction rupture of the papillary muscles and ischemic mitral insufficiency, and thoracoscopic surgery

Features 40 new authors. All chapters have been updated, revised, or rewritten as needed to reflect the very latest developments

Contains numerous illustrations - carefully selected to depict operative techniques and other important subjects

Dr Frank Sellke is the Karl Karlson & Gloria Karlson Professor and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the Cardiovascular Institute at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Lifespan Hospitals. He previously served as the Johnson & Johnson Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, having been a successful clinician, educator and researcher in the cardiovascular field. Dr Sellke has published over 585 papers with 115,000 citations. Dr Sellke is the 2021 recipient of the Brown University Distinguished Research Award in Medicine or Biology, the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Heart Association and the Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater, Indiana University School of Medicine. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and is a member of several other editorial boards.