This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. John Mitchell, is devoted to Surgery for Pulmonary Mycobacterial Disease. Dr. Mitchell has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Surgical treatment of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease; Minimally invasive approaches in the management of mycobacterial diseases; Medical management of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease; Epidemiology, the WHO, and the global fight against M. tuberculosis: A primer; History of pulmonary mycobacterial disease; Nontuberculous mycobacteria: Epidemiology and the impact on pulmonary and cardiac disease; Modern collapse therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis; Surgical resection in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis; Treatment of complications of pulmonary tuberculosis; Current medical management of pulmonary tuberculosis; and more!

This book is a comprehensive and authoritative source on nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) pathogens and diseases and their appropriate management, with a focus on lung disease. NTM diseases, especially lung diseases, are increasing in prevalence in the U.S. and internationally with concomitant growing interest in a broad section of the medical community. Often merely included in coverage of tuberculosis, many aspects of NTM organisms and diseases are actually very different than TB. These differences are not intuitive or trivial and frequently result in suboptimal management of NTM patients. This book addresses these gaps in the literature with chapters on microbiology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, the various diseases that can stem from NTM, and their particular management. There is also coverage on prevention and NTM as a public health problem. For pulmonologists and infectious disease physicians, this is the definitive resource on nontuberculous mycobacteria.

This issue reviews the indications and procedures for surgery in patients with localized pulmonary infection. It includes articles on TB, pulmonary abscesses, fungal infections, and other entities.

This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics of North America, guest edited by Drs. Inderpal S. Sarkaria and Abbas E. Abbas, is devoted to Paraesophageal Hernia Repair. Drs. Sarkaria and Abbas has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Management of Complications in Paraesophageal Hernia Repair; Surgical Anatomy of Paraesophageal Hernias; Robotic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair; Management of Paraesophageal Hernia in the Obese Patient; Technical Options and Approaches to Lengthen the Shortened Esophagus; Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair; Short and Long Term Outcomes of Paraesophageal Hernia Repair; Pre-operative Evaluation and Clinical Decision Making for Giant Paraesophageal Hernias: Who Gets an Operation?; Common Tenets in Repair of Primary Paraesophageal Hernias: Reducing Tension and Maximizing Length; Management of Recurrent Paraesophageal Hernia; Transthoracic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair; Anesthetic Management for Paraesophageal Hernia Repair; and more!

In this issue of Clinics in Chest Medicine, guest editors Drs. Shannon Kasperbauer and Rachel Thomson bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease. Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) is a challenging infection which is becoming increasingly prevalent, particularly in the elderly, for reasons which are unknown. In this issue, top experts discuss topics such as environmental sources and transmission of nontuberculous mycobacteria; global epidemiology; host susceptibility; investigation and management of bronchiectasis in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease; and more. - Contains 15 practice-oriented topics including novel antimicrobial agents in nontuberculous pulmonary disease; host directed therapy in nontuberculous pulmonary disease; cystic fibrosis related nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease; surgical resection in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

In this issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest editor Dr. Gita Mody brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Global Thoracic Surgery. An all-new topic to Thoracic Surgery Clinics, global thoracic surgery is an essential component of public and global health. In this issue, top experts provide timely insights on training, anesthesia, pathology, radiology, techniques, and surgical management of common thoracic surgeries throughout low-middle income countries (LMICs). - Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics including esophageal cancer treatment globally; lung cancer management in LMICs; endoscopy and bronchoscopy in low-resource settings; surgical capacity building for low-resource settings; training general thoracic surgeons in LMICs; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on global thoracic surgery, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Drs. Huitt and Daley have assembled an expert panel of authors on the topic of Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria. Articles in this issue will include discussions in the following areas: The Pathogenesis of NTM, Epidemiology of NTM, Environmental Sources of NTM, Laboratory Diagnosis of NTM, Medications and Monitoring in NTM infections, Treatment of Rapidly Growing NTM, Treatment of Slow Growing NTM, NTM Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts, Extra Pulmonary NTM Infections, NTM Infections in Cystic Fibrosis, and Surgical Approach to NTM Infections.