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## Meet the editor

Dr. Alberto Sandri has been a thoracic surgeon at San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Torino, Italy since September 2018, when he started the minimally invasive program (VATS) In previous years, he worked as a thoracic surgeon at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) in Milan, Italy, and at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK, with a focus on thoracic oncology, mediastinal pathology, and min-

imally invasive surgery. His main fields of interest are thoracic oncology, benign and malignant diseases of the pleura, mediastinal tumours, and minimally invasive thoracic surgery (single-port VATS) for lung cancer. He has published 50+ scientific articles and 10+ book chapters and is a reviewer and member of the editorial board of several thoracic surgery journals.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

Chest Tubes

**Section 4**

and Management *by Kristina Jacobsen*

*by Yu-Hui Yang*

*by Mohit Kumar Joshi*

Indwelling Pleural Catheters

*and Antonious Maria Selvam*

**Preface XI**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Surgical Management of Pleural Infection **13**

**Chapter 2 15**

Chest Tubes and Indwelling Catheters **35**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 59**

Bronchopleural Fistula **69**

**Chapter 5 71**

**Chapter 6 95**

Bronchopleural Fistula after Pulmonary Resection: Risk Factors, Diagnoses

Surgical Challenges of Chronic Empyema and Bronchopleural Fistula

*by Yuvarajan Sivagnaname, Durga Krishnamurthy, Praveen Radhakrishnan* 

Introductory Chapter: Pleura, A Surgical Perspective

Surgical Management of Pleural Space Infection

*by Alessandro Maraschi and Andrea Billè*

*by Alberto Sandri and Francesco Leo*

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Preface

Pleural pathology covers a wide range of benign and malignant thoracic diseases

Advances made in the field of thoracic surgery go hand in hand with inexorable technological achievements, which have greatly improved the standards of diagnosis and treatment in patients undergoing thoracic surgery for benign and malignant diseases by increasing procedural safety, improving prognosis, and reducing

This book examines pleural pathology from a surgical point of view, starting from the historical aspects, which are a reminder of where we were and where we presently stand in the management of pleural disease. It discusses in detail, and according to the most recent guidelines, the surgical aspects and management of pleural infection (empyema) and complications that may arise following lung surgery for cancer (i.e., bronchopleural fistula). One section covers all the aspects related to pneumothorax, with a special focus on secondary pneumothorax and pneumothoraces in children. Chapters deal with the indications, positioning techniques, and management of chest drains and indwelling catheters, which are commonly utilized in daily clinical practice for the management of pleural disease (pleural effusion,

I am deeply grateful to the chapter authors for their contributions to this project, which I am sure will be much appreciated by the thoracic community worldwide.

**Alberto Sandri**

San Luigi Hospital, University of Torino, Orbassano (TO), Italy

Thoracic Surgery Division,

that may require invasive approaches for their diagnosis and treatment.

potential peri-and postoperative complications.

pneumothorax).

*by Hatice Sonay Yalçın Cömert*
