1st Edition
Key Trials in Cardiothoracic Surgery
A concise summary of the most important clinical trials in cardiac and thoracic surgery. The focus is on how evidence-based decision making has helped to shape modern practice and guidelines. The key trials are described and an overview of their impact provided.
Much research has been undertaken to study the efficacy of different drugs, techniques, and treatment strategies within cardiothoracic surgery. As a result, many randomised controlled trials have been published which discuss a wide variety of topics and with the intention of improving current practice and patient care. This volume presents a selection of the key trials and assesses their impact. Compact and easy to read, the distillation of core information will enable the reader to understand the importance of the key papers that have influenced best practice across operating theatres, clinics, multi-disciplinary meetings, and inpatient management.
Including full summaries of more than 30 trials and reflecting the clinical scenarios encountered in everyday practice by cardiothoracic surgeons, this concise volume is written for both trainee and more experienced members of the surgical team.
Preface
Acknowledgment
Contributors
PART I. THORACIC CHAPTERS
1. Lung Cancer Screening
Ghaith Qsous, Maan Amayreh, Malcolm Will, Ahmed M. Osman, Adam Peryt, and Peirgiorgio Solli
2. Surgical Approach
Ghaith Qsous, Vipin Zamvar, and Anthony Chambers
3. Resection of Lung Cancer: Lobectomy vs. Sublobar Resection
Ghaith Qsous and Malcolm Will
4. Lung Cancer Surveillance after Definitive Treatment
Ghaith Qsous, Rory McFadyen, and Malcolm Will
5. Management of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Ghaith Qsous, Amer Ibrahim, and Hussein Elkhayat
6. Thymectomy in Non-Thymomatous Myasthenia Gravis
Ghaith Qsous, Mohammad Aladaileh, and David G Healy
7. Surgical Treatment of Mesothelioma
Ghaith Qsous, Peter C E Mhandu, and Rory Beattie
8. Rib Fixation in Rib Fractures
Ghaith Qsous and Shadi Hamouri
9. Treatment of Advanced Emphysema
Ahmed M. Osman, Ghaith Qsous, Malcolm Will, and Mohammad Diab
10. Surgery vs. SABR in Operable Stage I Lung Cancer
Ghaith Qsous, Valdas Petraskus, and Shadi Hamouri
11. Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer
Ghaith Qsous, Ala Qayet, and Malcolm Will
12. Role of Targeted Therapy In Resectable Lung Cancer
Ghaith Qsous, Rula Amarin, and Taher Abu Hijleh
13. Role of Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer Treatment
Ghaith Qsous, Rula Amarin, and Taher Abu Hejleh
14. Management of Prolonged Air Leak
Ghaith Qsous, Anthony Chambers, and Shadi Hamouri
PART II. CARDIAC CHAPTERS
15. On-Pump vs. Off-Pump CABG
Ghaith Qsous, Peter Lang, and Vipin Zamvar
16. TAVI vs. Standard Approach
George Gradinariu, Ghaith Qsous, Renzo Pessotto, Marios Patronis, Vipin Zamvar, Bassem Gadallah, and Vipin Zamvar
17. Surgery in Ischaemic Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Sanjeet Singh, Ghaith Qsous, and Renzo Pessotto
18. Radial Artery Graft Patency
George Gradinariu, Ghaith Qsous, and Kelvin Lim
19. Surgical Prevention of Stroke during Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Ghaith Qsous and Vipin Zamvar
20. Surgical Treatment of Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis
Ghaith Qsous, George Korelidis, and Vincenzo Giordano
21. Restrictive vs. Liberal Red-Cell Transfusion for Cardiac Surgery
Chen Chuan Fang and Ghaith Qsous
22. Multivessel Revascularisation in Patients with Diabetes
Amber Downes and John Hinchion
23. Early Surgery vs. Conventional Treatment for Infective Endocarditis
Chen Chuan Fang, Sanjeet Singh, and Kelvin Lim
24. LIMA Alone vs. LIMA and RIMA
Ghaith Qsous, Georgios Kaimasidis, and Imran Khan
25. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) vs. Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
Ghaith Qsous, Olga Ananiadou, and Haris Koutsogiannidis
Index
Biography
Ghaith Isam Qsous, MRCS
Cardiothoracic Speciality Doctor – Royal Infirmary Edinburgh (UK)
Malcolm Will, FRCS (CTh)
Thoracic Surgery Consultant - Royal Infirmary Edinburgh (UK)
Vipin Zamvar, FRCS (CTh)
Cardiothoracic Surgery Consultant - Royal Infirmary Edinburgh (UK)
