The rapid expansion of cardiac surgery has led to non-cardiac thoracic surgery becoming lost in the vast amount of literature available; this new edition of a classic educational reference emphasizes the practical steps necessary in the more frequently performed thoracic procedures and some less common operations that trainees may never see but will almost undoubtedly need later in their career. ​Many of these thoracic surgical techniques are harder due to subtleties in procedure and the anatomy involved making this reference invaluable to those training in the discipline.