Description:Book Info Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Pocket medical handbook on video-assisted thoracic surgery. Provides a framework for clarifying confusion on issues such as patient positioning and airway management. The target readership of this handbook includes practicing surgeons, residents, medical students, operating room nurses, technicians, physician assistants, and administrative personnel interested in reducing cost and increasing efficiency while offering this relatively new technology. Halftone illustrations. Quick reference in outline format. Wire-spiral bound. DNLM: Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted.