Mechanical Sutures in Operations on the Lung

Felicien M. Steichen, MD

Product Details
Product ID: SUT02
Year Produced: 2005
Pages: 174
Dimensions: 7x10 in
ISBN: 0-9749358-5-9


Design advances over the last three decades have resulted in a greater variety of surgical procedures utilizing surgical staplers. Mechanical Sutures in Operations on the Lung is a detailed guide to mechanical suturing in both open and laparoscopic procedures, presented by one of the leading authorities on the subject, Felicien M. Steichen, MD (The Pioneer of Modern Surgical Stapling).

  • Over 150 color illustrations
  • Step-by-step instructions on over 30 surgical procedures
  • Excellent resource for surgical residents
  • Softcover, 174 pages
  • Mechanical Sutures in Operations on the Lung
  • Mechanical Sutures in Operations on the Lung by Thoracotomy Stapling of Lung Parenchyma
  • Excision of Lung Apex and Lung Margins
  • Excisional Biopsy within a Rounded Lung Surface
  • Excision of Emphysematous Blebs and Bullae
  • Lung Volume Reduction Pneumoplasty for Emphysema
  • Lung Volume Reduction of Donar Lung to Match Recipient's Chest Cavity
  • Wedge-Shaped Excision of Lung Margins
  • Conventional and Modified Segmentectomy (Or Parenchymal Eequivalent)
  • Subsegmental, Segmental and Plurisegmental Resections
  • Basic Stapling Techniques - Closure of Vessels
  • Basic Stapling Techniques - Closure of Bronchus
  • Right Upper Lobectomy
  • Right Middle Lobectomy
  • Right Lower Lobectomy with Parahilar Tunnel Technique and Preliminary Superior Segmentectomy
  • Left Upper Lobectomy and Lingulectomy
  • Left Upper Lobectomy
  • Lingulectomy
  • Left Lower Lobectomy
  • Right Pneumonectomy
  • Transpericardial Approach to the Right Main Bronchus
  • Left Pneumonectomy
  • Left Intrapericardial Pneumonectomy
  • Conclusion
  • Tables
  • Mechanical Sutures in Operations on the Lung by Thoracoscopy
  • Excisional Biopsy of an Apical Lesion
  • Excision of a Peripheral Nodule on the Convex Lung Surface
  • Excision of Emphysematous Blebs and Bullae
  • Wedge-Shaped Excision
  • Right Upper Lobectomy
  • Right Middle Lobectomy
  • Right Lower Lobectomy
  • Left Upper Lobectomy
  • Left Lower Lobectomy
  • Conclusion
  • Suggested Reading