How I do it ...

 

A series of photos, videos and text descriptions of common thoracic operations

General

Chest drain insertion

Patient assessment

Clerk in a patient


Jejunostomy (text)


Posterior muscle sparing thoracotomy (auscultatory triangle)

  1. photos and text

  2. video 10Mb

Emergency thoracotomy

Intercostal nerve protection to reduce intercostal neuralgia

  1. text and photos

  2. (video)

Extrapleural paravertebral infusion

  1. photos with text

  2. text

Oesophageal 

Fundoplication

Abdominal - open (text with diagrams)

Thoracotomy - open (text with diagrams)


Oesophagectomy

  1. Total thoracic oesophagectomy

  2. VATS oesophageal mobilisation (video)

Pleural

Pleurectomy (VATS)

  1. video

  2. photos and text

  3. text, MS Word

  4. patch for catamenial

Pleurodesis

  1. Talc slurry (at the bedside)

  2. Talc insufflation (VATS)

Pleur-X catheter insertion

  1. photos and text