This second volume extends the framework of Volume 1 into the most technically demanding areas of chest wall practice. Drawing on three decades of operative experience, it addresses the advanced spectrum of chest wall disease — complex, reoperative, oncologic, traumatic, and reconstructive.
The opening chapters cover complex and secondary thoracic deformities, including those associated with congenital heart disease and previous cardiac surgery, together with reoperative cases. Rare entities — sternal cleft, localised chest wall protrusion, and straight back syndrome — are addressed with emphasis on surgical judgment and considered modification of operative strategy.
Subsequent sections cover chest wall tumors, defects, and trauma, including flail chest and costal cartilage injuries. Infections — from abscesses and tuberculosis to post-cardiac-surgery wound complications — are addressed alongside modern negative-pressure wound therapy. A closing section on reconstruction covers material selection and the management of extensive composite defects.

KEY FEATURES
•Complex, secondary, and reoperative chest wall deformities
•Rare congenital anomalies including sternal cleft and straight back syndrome
•Oncologic resection and chest wall trauma management
•Modern wound management and reconstruction of extensive defects

READERSHIP
Thoracic, cardiothoracic, pediatric, trauma, orthopedic, and plastic surgeons managing complex chest wall disease; surgical oncologists; and specialists in multidisciplinary thoracic programmes.