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In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing 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

In this issue of Urologic Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Michael L. Blute and Steven L. Chang bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Renal Cancer: Old and New Paradigms. Recent significant advances in the management of renal cancer have expanded beyond simply eliminating disease to preserving and optimizing quality of life. In this issue, top experts highlight historical perspectives as well as current status and future treatments of renal cancer. Contains 13 practice-oriented topics on biomarkers for the detection and surveillance of renal cancer; the changing role of renal mass biopsy; renal cysts: an oncological conundrum; the surgical management of renal cancer with inferior vena caval thrombus; integrating surgery in the multidisciplinary care of advanced renal cancer; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews on renal cancer, 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 Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. David B. Hom and Deborah Watson bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Reducing Risks in Surgical Facial Plastic Procedures. Despite the many benefits of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, unfavorable outcomes and complications can occur even among experienced surgeons. In this issue, top experts discuss common risks and adverse events that may occur from a variety of procedures and describe ways to help prevent, manage, and treat them. Contains 17 practice-oriented topics on reducing risks for poor surgical wound healing, facial scarring, local skin flap failure, rhinoplasty, mandible and midface fracture repair, rhytidectomy, blepharoplasty, and more, as well as reducing legal risks and social media issues for cosmetic surgery.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews on reducing risks in surgical facial plastic procedures, 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.Â

In this issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. Peter Nakaji and Oliver Bozinov bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Ablative Therapies in Neurosurgery. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for infield of brain metastases; awake LITT; high frequency ultrasound ablation in neurosurgery; current application of ablative therapies for trigeminal neuralgia; and more. Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including laser interstitial thermal therapy for radionecrosis; posterior fossa LITT in children; neurosurgical applications of magnetic hyperthermia therapy (MHT); laser interstitial thermal therapy for epilepsy; pros and cons of ablation for functional neurosurgery in the neurostimulation age; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on ablative therapies in neurosurgery, 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 Otolaryngologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Karen M. Kost and Gina D. Jefferson bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Larynx Cancer. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as perioperative assessment/prehabilitation; dysplastic lesions of the larynx; radiation for early glottic cancer; surgical management of supraglottic cancer; salvage surgery; vocal rehabilitation and quality of life; swallowing function after treatment of laryngeal cancer; end-of-life care; and more. Contains 18 relevant, practice-oriented topics including diagnostic assessment (imaging) and staging of laryngeal cancer; surgical treatment of early glottic cancer; surgical management of advanced glottic cancer; the role of robotic surgery in laryngeal cancer; reconstruction options; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on larynx cancer, 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 Clinics in Plastic Surgery, guest editor Dr. Neil Tanna brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Breast Reconstruction. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as modern approaches to oncoplastic surgical treatment; modern approaches to implant-based breast reconstruction; pre-pectoral breast reconstruction; breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma; operative efficiency; and more. Contains 18 relevant, practice-oriented topics including preoperative assessment of the breast reconstruction patient; revision of implant-based breast reconstruction; modern approaches to abdominal flap-based breast reconstruction; the hybrid breast reconstruction; robotic breast surgery and robotic breast reconstruction; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews on breast reconstruction, 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 Urologic Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Adam Feldman brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Biomarkers in Urology. The use of biomarkers in clinical practice can range from screening, to refined detection in an at-risk population, to risk stratification following diagnosis, to prognostication following therapy. A better understanding of tumor biology and genetic heterogeneity will lead clinicians to adopt clinical paradigms that utilize sequences of biomarker assessments. In this issue, key experts help you remain at the forefront of the care of urologic malignancies by providing a timely update on emerging biomarkers in urology. Contains 15 practice-oriented topics including biomarkers in pediatric urology; unleashing the urinary microbiome in benign urologic disease; biomarkers for detection and assessment of clinically significant prostate cancer; biomarkers in testicular cancer: classic tumor markers and beyond; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on biomarkers in urology, 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 Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, guest editor Dr. Dean M. Toriumi brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Preservation Rhinoplasty Merges with Structure Rhinoplasty. Top experts in the field, some who prefer a preservation rhinoplasty approach and some who utilize reduction techniques, provide readers with articles that contrast the two approaches and offer expert content about both techniques. Contains 15 practice-oriented topics including surface techniques in dorsal preservation; open preservation rhinoplasty using the Piezotome; modified dorsal split technique; managing the severe septal deviation using dorsal preservation; push up for correction of the saddle nose deformity; Brazilian approach to dorsal preservation; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews on preservation rhinoplasty and structure rhinoplasty, 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.Â

In this issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, guest editors Drs. Devyani Lal, Angela Donaldson, and David Jang bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Unified Airway Disease. Unified airway disease is a recently defined entity that alludes to inflammation disease processes that involve both upper and lower airway, and co-management of these conditions by otolaryngologists and allergy immunologists often result in improved outcomes. In this issue, experts in the field provide a thorough overview of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of unified airway disease through the perspective of an otolaryngologist co-managing the patient with an allergy-immunology colleague. Contains 16 practice-oriented topics including environmental factors; eosinophilic disease; non-eosinophilic and granulomatous disease; cystic fibrosis; pediatric unified airway disease; unified airway disease medical and surgical management; future directions; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on unified airway 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 Neurosurgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. David D. Limbrick and Jeffrey Leonard bring their considerable expertise to Chiari I Malformation. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as comorbidities associated with Chiari I malformation; orthostatic intolerance and Chiari I malformation; clinical manifestations of Chiari I malformation; imaging in Chiari I malformation; posterior fossa decompression for Chiari I malformation; and more. Contains 21 relevant, practice-oriented topics sociodemographics of Chiari I malformation; Chiari I malformation and sleep disordered breathing; complex Chiari: diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment; new insights into craniovertebral junction instability in Chiari I malformation; spine deformity associated with Chiari I malformation and syringomyelia; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews on Chiari I malformation, 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 Clinics in Plastic Surgery, guest editor Dr. Lee L.Q. Pu brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Advances and Refinements in Asian Aesthetic Surgery. Top experts from Asia cover a wide range of aesthetic surgery topics that have proven to be in high demand by Asian patients-techniques that Dr. Pu has noted that result in outstanding outcomes. Contains 21 practice-oriented topics including facial skin rejuvenation with laser; upper and lower blepharoplasty; periorbital rejuvenation; primary rhinoplasty; transaxillary breast augmentation; vaginal rejuvenation; and more.  Provides in-depth clinical reviews on Asian aesthetic 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.

This publication deals with practice issues in Facial Plastic Surgery. Top consultants to cosmetic surgeons present topics of absolute value in the current economy. Topics include: Creating a Culture of Accountability in the Office; Office Managers' Forum; The Art of the Successful Consultation; Electronic Medical Record - Something to Consider; Establishing a Profitable Skin Care Practice in a Plastic Surgery Office; 9 Worst Advertising Mistakes; The Value of One Patient; 5 Secrets to Leveraging Maximum Buying Power with Your Media Project; Auditing your practice: Non-financial variables to survive, or thrive; Showcase your service: Social Media and Marketing Basics in a Dynamic, Over-Populated, Mixed-Message, and Highly Competitive World; Retailicine, Somewhere Between Retail and Medicine; Shifts Happened - Time to Optimize your Practice; Essential Marketing Tips: Build Your Own Brand one Step at a Time; Being a Responsible Leader; Tips to Get You Busy; Internet Marketing.

This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Maja Svrakic and Meredith E. Adams is devoted to The Dizzy Patient. This issue is one of six selected each year by our series consulting editor, Dr. Sujana S. Chandrasekhar. With its broad differential diagnosis and significant impact on quality of life, dizziness is a common symptom that presents substantial diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.  This issue focuses on the clinical evaluation and management of the range of dizziness symptomatology and syndromes. Articles in this issue include: Overview of dizziness in practice; Interviewing and counseling the dizzy patient with focus on quality of life; The efficient dizziness history and exam; Efficient use of audiovestibular testing; Neuroimaging of dizziness and vertigo; Positional vertigo; Acute vestibular syndrome and ER presentations of dizziness; Chronic central vestibulopathies for the otolaryngologist; Vestibular migraine and its comorbidities; Progressive and degenerative peripheral vestibular disorders; The dizzy child; Neuropsychology of dizziness and related disorders; Non-vestibular dizziness; Vestibular therapy and fall risk assessment; Current and emerging medical therapies for dizziness; Allergy, immunotherapy and alternative treatments for dizziness; and New frontiers in managing the dizzy patient. Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on dizzy patients, providing 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 these timely topic-based reviews.

This issue of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics, Guest Edited by Drs. Travis T. Tollefson and Jon-Paul Pepper MD, is dedicated to Facial Paralysis. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series consulting editor, Dr. J. Regan Thomas. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Lessons from Gracilis Free Tissue Transfer for Facial Paralysis, Temporalis Tendon Transfer vs Gracilis free muscle, Facial Reanimation and Reconstruction of the Radical Parotidectomy, Timing of Nerve Transfer Options for Facial Paralysis, Dual Innervation: Technical Pearls of Hypoglossal and Masseteric to Facial Nerve, Modified Selective Neurectomy, Dual Innervation of Free Muscle Flaps in Facial Paralysis, Eyelid Coupling using a Modified Tarsoconjunctival Flap in Facial Paralysis, Perceptions of Patients with Facial Paralysis, Strategies to Improve Cross-face Nerve Grafting in Facial Paralysis, Static Sling Options for Facial Paralysis, Corneal and Facial Sensory Neurotization in Trigeminal Anesthesia, and Treating Nasal Valve Collapse in Facial Paralysis.

This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Linda M. Liau, is dedicated to Glioblastoma: Molecular and Clinical Trials. This issue is one of four selected each year by the series consulting editors, Drs. Russell R. Lonser and Daniel K. Resnick. Topics will include-but are not limited to-Pathology & Molecular Markers, Cellular States & Genetic Diversity in Glioblastoma, Mismatch Repair in Glioblastoma Resistance, Genetic Susceptibility in Brain Cancer, Pediatric Gliomas: Molecular Landscape & Emerging Targets, Molecularly Targeted Clinical Trials, Novel Radiation Sensitizers, Immunotherapy Checkpoint Inhibitors, Brain Tumor Vaccines, CAR T Cells, Oncolytic Virotherapy, Targeting Cancer Stem Cells, Therapeutic Delivery to CNS, Theranostics: Dual Modality PET Tracers, and Neuroimaging & Novel Response Assessments.

This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Michael A. Vogelbaum, is devoted to Glioblastoma, Part I: Surgical Management and Adjuncts. This is one of four issues selected each year by the series Consulting Editors, Russell R. Lonser and Daniel K. Resnick. Articles in this issue include: Perioperative Management of Patients with Glioblastoma, Role of Resection in Glioblastoma Management, Advancing Imaging to Enhance Surgery, Intraoperative Imaging for High-Grade Glioma Surgery, Use of Intraoperative Fluorophores, Extent of Resection of Glioblastoma, Functional Mapping for Glioma Surgery: Preoperative Mapping Tools, Functional Mapping for Glioma Surgery: Intraoperative Mapping Tools, Surgical Adjuncts for Glioblastoma, Window of Opportunity Clinical Trials to Evaluate Novel Therapies for Brain Tumors, Stereotactic Laser Ablation of Glioblastoma, Radiosurgery for Glioblastoma, Challenges Associated with Reoperation in Patients with Glioma, and Surgery for Glioblastoma in Elderly Patients.

Under the direction of New Consulting Editor, Dr. Kevin Loughlin, Guest Editors Drs. Jim C. Hu and Jonathan Shoag have put together a state-of-the-art monograph on robotics in urologic surgery. Not only do expert authors present current status and advances in this field, but they also look at what the future of robotic urologic surgery will mean for urologists and patients. Clinical review articles are devoted to the following topics: Robotic Ureteral Reconstruction; Robotic Prostatectomy: Technical Modifications that Improve Outcomes; Robotic Radical Cystectomy; Robotic Urology Training; Robotic Prostatectomy Quality Improvements; Robotic Lower Urinary Tract Reconstruction; Incorporating AI into GU Endoscopy; Competing Robotic Systems: A Preview; Robotic Intracorporeal Diversion; Robotic Reconstruction in Pediatric Urology; Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: Update on Techniques; Robotics in Male Infertility; Transperineal Biopsy; Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Upper-Tract TCC; and Retzius-Sparing Robotic Prostatectomy.  Urologists will come away with the information they need to stay on top of advances in the area of robotic surgery.

This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Michael I. D''Angelica, is devoted to Management of Metastatic Liver Tumors. Dr. D''Angelica has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Surgical management of liver metastases of colorectal cancer; Surgical management of liver metastases of breast cancer; Surgical management of liver metastases of neuroendocrine tumors; Surgical management of liver metastases of sarcoma (including GIST); Surgical management of liver metastases of gynecologic cancers; Surgical management of liver metastases of genitourinary cancers; Surgical management of liver metastases of uveal and dermal melanoma; Is there a role for locoregional therapies for non-colorectal GI malignancies?; Intra-arterial chemotherapy for liver metastases; External beam radiation for liver metastases; Isolated hepatic perfusion for liver metastases; Debate: Improvements in systemic therapies for liver metastases will soon render locoregional treatments obsolete; Debate: Improvements in systemic therapies for liver metastases will increase the role of locoregional treatments; and more!

This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, Guest Edited by Drs. Manuela Fina, Justin S. Golub, and Daniel Lee, is devoted to Endoscopic Ear Surgery. This issue is one of six selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Sujana S. Chandrasekhar. Articles in this important issue include: History of Endoscopic Ear Surgery; Endoscopes and Exoscopes for Otology and Neurotology; Redefining middle ear anatomy and physiology; Getting started with Endoscopic Ear Surgery; Otoendoscopy in the Office and Operating Room; Teaching Tools for Endoscopic Ear Surgery; Endoscopic Myringoplasty and Tympanoplasty; Novel Radiologic Approaches for Cholesteatoma Detection; Endoscopic Ear Surgery for Congenital Cholesteatoma; Endoscopic Management of Pediatric Chronic Ear Disease; Endoscopic Management of Acquired Cholesteatoma; Endoscopic Stapes Surgery; Endoscopic-assisted Lateral Skull Base Surgery; New Navigation Approaches for Endoscopic Lateral Skull Base Surgery; Endoscopic-assisted Drug Delivery for Inner Ear Regeneration; Pearls and pitfall in Endoscopic Ear Surgery; Future of Endoscopic Ear Surgery; and The Role for Microsurgery of the Ear.

This issue of Surgical Pathology Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Jessica Davis, is devoted to Challenges & Updates in Pediatric Pathology. Articles in this issue include: Advances and Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Hirschsprungs Disease, Updates in Pediatric Enteropathies: Differential Diagnosis, Testing, and Genetics, Pediatric Liver Tumors: Updates in Classification, New Prognostic Indicators in Pediatric Adrenal Tumors: Neuroblastoma & Adrenal Cortical Tumors, Pediatric Cystic Lung Lesions, Strategies for the Neonatal Lung Biopsy: Histology to Genetics, Wilm¿s Tumor: Challenges and Newcomers in Prognosis, Pediatric Renal Tumors: Updates in the Molecular Era, Newcomers in Vascular Anomalies, Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma: Further Subcategorization, Pediatric & Infantile Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic Tumors in the Molecular Era, Round Cell Sarcomas: Newcomers and Diagnostic Approaches, CNS Embryonal Tumors: Testing Strategies for Integrated Diagnosis, Updates in Pediatric Gliomas, and more.

This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Edjah Nduom and Jeff Olson, will focus on Metastases to the Central Nervous System. This issue is one of four selected each year by our series consulting editors, Dr. Russell R. Lonser and Dr. Daniel K. Resnick. Topics discussed in this issue will include: Epidemiology of metastatic CNS disease, Initial approach to the patient with a newly diagnosed solitary brain metastasis, Initial approach to the patient with multiple newly diagnosed brain metastases, When to consider a stereotactic biopsy for brain metastases, Techniques for open surgical resection of cerebral metastases, Laser ablation for cerebral metastases, Histopathological features and laboratory markers of common brain metastases, Recurrence vs radiation necrosis ¿ evaluation and treatment, Anti-epileptic drugs for the management of cerebral metastases, Chemotherapy for the management of cerebral metastases, Approach to the management of metastatic leptomeningeal disease, Immune therapy for CNS metastases, Novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of cerebral metastases, Skull base metastases ¿ diagnosis and management, and more.

This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, guest edited by Drs. Usman Ahmad and Sudish Murthy, is devoted to Emerging Therapies in Thoracic Malignancies. Drs. Ahmad and Murthy has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumors: Updates in Diagnosis and Management; Multidisciplinary Evaluation and Management of Early Stage Esophageal Cancer; Evaluation of Risk for Thoracic Surgery; Mesothelioma: Updates in Staging and Management; Chest Wall Sarcoma: When and Who to Resect and How to Reconstruct; Management of Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer; Locally Advanced Lung Cancer and Salvage Resections; Siewert III Adenocarcinoma: Still Searching for the Right Treatment Combination; Current Indications for Pulmonary Metastasectomy; Lung Cancer Screening; Thymic Malignancies: Updates in Treatment and Staging; Intra-operative Detection and Assessment of Lung Nodules; Targeted Therapies, Immunotherapy and T-Cell Therapy in Lung Cancer; and more!

This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, Guest Edited by Drs. Anna A. Pashkova, Peter F. Svider, and Jean Anderson Eloy, is devoted to Pain Management for the Otolaryngologist. This issue is one of six selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Sujana S. Chandrasekhar. Articles in this important issue include: Overview of Pain Management for the Otolaryngologist; Pre-Operative Optimization; Local Blocks and Regional Anesthesia in the Head and Neck; Acute Pain Management following Head and Neck Surgery; Acute Pain Management following Sleep Surgery; Perioperative Analgesia for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery; Perioperative Analgesia for Sinus Surgery; Perioperative Analgesia following Otologic Surgery; Acute Pain Management following Facial Plastic Surgery; Perioperative Analgesia for Pediatric Patients Undergoing Otolaryngologic Procedures; Non-Opioid Adjuncts and Alternatives; Postoperative Analgesia in the Chronic Pain Patient; Non-Enteral Pain Management; Chronic Pain Management in the Head and Neck Patient; Controlled Substance Agreements; Pain Psychology; Sinus Headache; and Quality Improvement in Pain Medicine.

This issue of Clinics in Plastic Surgery, guest edited by Drs. Jin Bo Tang and Michel Saint-Cyr, is devoted to Microsurgery: Global Perspectives, An Update. This issue will include updates on topics such as: A Global View of Digital Replantation and Revascularization; Severe Crush Injury to the Forearm and Hand; Medial Femoral Trochlea Osteochondral Flap; Vascularized Small-Bone Transfers for Fracture Nonunion and Bony Defects; Microvascular Tissue Transfers for Severe Upper Extremity Trauma; Compound or Specially Designed Flaps in the Lower Extremities; Complex Microsurgical Reconstruction After Tumor Resection in the Trunk and Extremities; Pediatric Microsurgery; Innovations and Future Directions in Head and Neck Microsurgical Reconstruction; Microsurgical Tissue Transfer in Breast Reconstruction; Maximizing the Utility of the Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap for Locoregional Reconstruction; Keystone and Pedicle Perforator Flaps in Reconstructive Surgery; Unique Techniques or Approaches in Microvascular and Microlymphatic Surgery; and Microsurgical Reconstruction of Neck, Trunk, and Extremities.

This issue of Surgical Clinics of North America focuses on Rural Surgery and is edited by Dr. Tyler G. Hughes. Articles will include: Status of the rural workplace: Hospital survival and economics; Rural standards and the quality equation; Scope of practice of the rural surgeon; Advanced technology and the rural surgeon; Qualitative research in rural surgery; Perioperative support in the rural surgery world; Initial and ongoing training of the rural surgeon; Demographics in rural populations; Dealing with the sick rural surgery patient in need of transfer; National quality projects and patient selection decisions; Status of the rural surgical workforce; Regionalization of rural surgery; and more!

This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, Guest Edited by Drs. Umamaheswar Duvvuri, Arun Sharma, and Erica Thaler, is devoted to Robotics in Otolaryngology. This issue is one of six selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Sujana S. Chandrasekhar. Articles in this important issue include: Past, present and future of Robotic Surgical Systems; History and acceptance of TORS; Current indications for TORS in OP cancer; Role of TORS for workup of unknown primary SCCa; TORS and de-escalation of cancer treatment; Pediatric Applications of TORS; TORS for OSA; Robotic thyroidectomy; Robotic Neck Dissection; Robotic management of salivary glands; Robotic Ear Surgery; Robotic skull base surgery; Salvage Surgery for TORS; Complications of TORS; QOL implications after TORS for OP CA; and Cost Considerations for Robotic Surgery.

This issue of Surgical Clinics of North America focuses on Endoscopy and is edited by Drs. John Rodriguez and Jeffrey L. Ponsky. Articles will include: History of Flexible Endoscopy; Quality Measures in Diagnostic Endoscopy; Endoscopic Equipment from Simple to Advanced; Endoscopic Ultrasound; Polypectomy Techniques; Endoscopic Mucosal Resection; Enteral Access; Advanced Colonic Polypectomy; Principles of Intramural Surgery; Per Oral Esophageal Myotomy; Per Oral Pyloromyotomy; Per Oral Zenker''s Diverticulotomy; Submucosal Tunneling Esophageal Resection; Endoscopic Management of Pancreato-biliary Disease; Endoscopic Management of Post-Operative Complications; and more!

This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Bryan M. Burt, is devoted to Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Dr. Burt has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Biomarkers for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma; Taken Together: Effective Multimodal Approaches for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma; Pleurectomy/Decortication for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma; Preoperative Identification of Benefit from Surgery for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma; The Role of Extrapleural Pneumonectomy in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma; The Molecular Basis of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma; Radiation Therapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma; The Staging of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma; Intraoperative Adjuncts for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: The Fourth Dimension; The Pathology of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma; and more!

The guest editors, Dr. William Huang and Dr. Ezequiel Becher, have assembled a state-of-the art issue devoted to Advanced and Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC). They have secured expert authors to contribute clinical reviews on the important topics involving treating and managing patients with RCC. Specific articles are devoted to the following topics: Imaging for Metastatic RCC; Adjuvant Therapy for Localized High Risk RCC; Current Standards for Therapeutic Sequencing for Advanced RCC; Role of Lymphadenectomy in patients with advanced RCC; Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in the Era of TKI/IO - Who, When and Why; Minimally Invasive Surgery for Patients with Locally Advanced and Metastatic Disease RCC; Evolving Role of Urologists in the Management of Advanced RCC; Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced RCC; Epidemiology and Risk Assessment/Biomarkers for Patients with Advanced RCC; Radiation Therapy for Patients with Metastatic RCC; Evolving Role of Metastatectomy for Patients with Metastatic RCC; and Management of Non-Clear Cell Metastatic RCC. Readers will come away with the information they need to treat and manage patients and to improve outcomes.