Chest Blunt Trauma A Modern Approach to a Multidisciplinary Disease

1. Epidemiology of a mistreated pathology
2. Chest wall anatomy
3. Lung contusion, flail chest, ARDS and respiratory failure after blunt chest trauma
4. Anesthesiological aspects in the chest trauma patient
5. Transfusion policy in chest blunt trauma
6. Scoring Systems of Blunt Thoracic Trauma and Rib Fractures
7. Taxonomy of Rib fractures
8. Rib Fractures Management Algorithm
9. Early rib fixation: the evidence, the trials
10. Modern approach to rib fixation: surgical techniques
11. Current surgical armamentarium (tools and trades)
12. Postoperative complications
13. Malunion, slipping rib syndrome and chronic pain
14. Role of VATS in non-penetrating chest trauma
15. Hydro-pneumothorax: why, when, how
16. Sternal fracture
17. VATS for delayed hemothorax
18. Chest drain: which, where, when
19. Chest tube placement: options and guidelines
20. Diaphragmatic rupture and relaxation: minimally invasive vs. open approach
21. Pericardial effusion and tamponade
22. Airways and Oesophageal Injuries

Piergiorgio Solli, MD PhD has vast experience with chest trauma as Head of Thoracic Surgery at the National Trauma Center Hospital, Bologna, Italy. He received his medical degree from the University of Parma, Italy, followed by General and Thoracic Surgery residencies and a PhD in Cardio-thoracic Surgery from the University of Modena, Italy. He pursued Thoracic Surgery Fellowships at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK, and the Hôpital Pasteur CHU Nice, France.

He was a Staff Surgeon at the National Cancer Center in Milan, Italy, and a Consultant with the European Institute of Oncology. He was appointed Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK in 2014, and Chief Thoracic Surgeon Consultant at ASL Romagna, Italy in 2016. He is in numerous international societies, and has published over 200 scholarly articles on minimally invasive thoracic surgery, innovation in thoracic surgery, chest wall resections, and enhanced recovery pathways in thoracic surgery.
Marco Scarci, MD, FRCS(Eng), FCCP, FACS, FEBTS is a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon with the Imperial College Health Care NHS Trust (Hammersmith Hospital), London, UK. He has over 10 years of experience working in in Cambridge, London and abroad. His specialist training took place in Malta, as well as the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre and Guy's and St Thomas', London.
Following a six-month fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at the University of Toronto, Canada, Dr. Scarci was appointed consultant thoracic surgeon at Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge in 2011. He has written more than 130 academic articles on his areas of clinical interest, which include chest wall cancers, fractures, and chest wall deformities.