Contents:

1. Preoperative and Postoperative Care of the Laparoscopic Surgery Patient.

2. Laparoscopic Instrumentation and Basic Techniques

3. Laparoscopic Evaluation of Abdominal Trauma

4. Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniorrhaphy

5. Laparoscopic Ventral Herniorrhaphy

6. Laparoscopic Antireflux Procedures

7. Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Esophageal Achalasia

8. Laparoscopic Repair of Diaphragmatic Hernia.

9. Laparoscopic Repair of Perforated Ulcer and Vagotomy

10. Laparoscopic Ostomies

11. Laparoscopic Small Bowel Resection and Meckel's Diverticulectomy.

12. Laparoscopic Appendectomy.

13. Laparoscopic Colectomy and Abdominoperineal Resection.

14. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

15. Complications of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

16. Laparoscopic Liver Biopsy.

17. Laparoscopic Approach to Palliation of Periampullary Tumors

18. Laparoscopic Splenectomy

19. Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy

20. Thoracoscopic Pericardiectomy.

21. Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Resection.

22. Thoracoscopic Lung Volume Reduction

23. Thoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy.

24. Laparoscopic Exposure of the Lumbosacral Spine for Discectomy and Fusion.

25. Laparoscopic Staging Pelvic Lymphadenectomy for Prostate Cancer

26. Laparoscopy in the Pregnant Patient

27. Laparoscopic-assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy With or Without Removal of the Adnexae

28. Pediatric Endosurgery

29. Robotics in MIS

Appendix

Index