This issue of the Surgical Clinics will focus on new advances in General Thoracic Surgery, and will include articles on  the Management of the Pleural Space: Effusions and Empyema;  Pneumothorax, Emphysema and Bullous Disease; Tumors of the Mediastinum and Chest Wall; Diaphragmatic Hernia and Eventration; Hemoptysis and Pulmonary Fungal Infection; Pulmonary Assessment for General Thoracic Surgery; The Solitary Pulmonary Nodule; Metastatectomy and Non-resection therapies for Lung Neoplasms; Endoscopic Evaluation of the tracheobronchial tree and mediastinal lymph nodes; The Compromised Airway: Tumors, Strictures and Tracheomalacia; Pediatric Thoracic Problems.