Second Edition
by Nathaniel J. Soper
Mastery of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery is a comprehensive guide to minimally invasive procedures in all of general surgery, plus subspecialty procedures that surgical residents need to learn.
Features:
- Step-by-step procedures
- Over 100 4 colour illustrations
- Editorial commentary following each chapter
- Hand-assisted laparascopic surgery
- Robotic surgery
- Less physiology in the laparoscopic section
- More thoracoscopic procedures
- More bariatric procedures
Contents
General Topics
- Videoendoscopy and General Surgery: A Brief History
- Patient Selection for Surgical Endoscopy
- Preoperative and Postoperative Care of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Patients
- Choice of Anesthesia for Surgical Endoscopy Patients
- Physiologic Consequences of Laparoscopic Surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgery in the Critically Ill and High-Risk Patient
- Special Acces Techniques in Laparoscopic Surgery
- Surgical Endoscopy for Staging and Palliation of Upper Gastrointestinal Malignancy
- Prevention of Complications in Laparoscopic Surgery
New Technologies
- Electrosurgery and Ultrasound for Cutting and Coagulating Tissue in Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Ultrasound
- Suturing and Stapling: Techniques and Devices
- Imaging Systems in Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Robotics in Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery
- Reoperative Laparoscopic Surgery
- Virtual Reality Training and Teaching Tools
Esophagus and Stomach
- Diagnostic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Interventional and Therapeutic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Flexible Endoscopy and Enteral Access
- Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
- Laparoscopic Partial Fundoplication
- Surgical Endoscopy for Achalasia and Esophageal Motility Disorders
- Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair
- Flexible Endoscopy in Barret's and Esophageal Cancer
- Surgical Endoscopy for Esophageal Resection
- Surgical Endoscopy for Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Laparoscopic Gastric Resection
- Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Diverticula and Other Benign Lesions
- Laparoscopic Restrictive Procedures for Morbid Obesity
- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Liver and Biliary Tract
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cannulation of the Pancreatic Duct
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration
- Bile Duct Injury
- Laparoscopic Liver Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Treatment of Liver Cancer
Endocrine Surgery
- Laparoscopic Pancreatic Surgery
- Laparoscopic Splenectomy
- Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
- Endoscopic Approaches to the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands
Small Bowel, Appendix, and Colon
- Flexible Endoscopy of the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract
- Laparoscopic Surgery of the Small Bowel
- Laparoscopic Appendectomy
- Laparoscopic Partial Colectomy
- Laparoscopic-Assisted Abdominoperineal Resection
- Laparoscopic Subtotal and Total Colectomy
- Laparoscopic Enterostomies
- Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery
Abdominal Wall Hernias
- Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) Repair of Inguinofemoral Hernias
- Laparoscopic Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair
- Laparoscopic Incisional and Ventral Hernia Repair
Thoracic Surgery
- Thoracoscopic Resection of Pulmonary Lesions
- Thoracoscopy for Pleural Disease
- Thoracoscopic Esophageal Procedures
- VATS for Mediastinal and Pericardial Disease
- Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgery for Aortoiliac Disease
- Gynecologic Laparoscopy
- Laparoscopy in Urology
- Pediatric Laparoscopy and Endoscopy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Index
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