Main description:

Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery provides a complete, practical and timely review of the minimally invasive surgical techniques used to treat gynaecologic diseases and conditions.

Recent advances in technology and instrumentation, particularly the use of robot-assisted surgery, mean that minimally invasive approaches have become increasingly established as alternatives to traditional open surgeries. This book describes the full range of minimally invasive procedures in current gynaecologic practice, with discussion of the indications and contraindications and a summary of available evidence. The book opens with a section describing instrumentation, electrosurgery, how to avoid and manage complications and single port surgery. Subsequent sections cover procedures for benign and malignant conditions and relevant robotically assisted surgeries.

Highly structured chapters provide practical guidance to key steps of each procedure, alternative management options; contraindications and available evidence
Stellar contributors from leading centers in the USA, Brazil, Chile, Canada, France, Italy and Belgium ensure coverage reflects global best practice

Contents:

Section I: General Topics

Introduction
Surgical anatomy of the pelvis
Laparoscopic exposure
Electrosurgery
Choice of suture materials in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery
Hysteroscopy - instrumentation, office and operating room set-up
Laparoscopy - instrumentation and operating room set-up
Complications of laparoscopic surgery - how to avoid and manage
Complications of hysteroscopic surgery - how to avoid and manage
Laparoscopy in pregnancy
Laparoscopic tissue extraction
Single port surgery

Section II: Procedures for Benign Conditions

Surgical management of a uterine septum
Endometrial ablation
Hysteroscopic management of uterine fibroids and polyps
Hysteroscopic and laparoscopic sterilization
Laparoscopic management of pelvic organ prolapse
Laparoscopic hysterectomy
Laparoscopic myomectomy
Minimally invasive treatment of ectopic pregnancy
Cervical incompetence and laparoscopic cerclage
Laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis
Laparoscopic treatment of the adnexal mass
Laparoscopic management and prevention of pelvic adhesive disease
Laparoscopic appendectomy

Section III: Robotic Surgery

Robotic surgery - instrumentation and room set-up
Robotic hysterectomy
Robotic myomectomy
Robotic management of pelvic organ prolapse
Robotic surgery for endometriosis

Section IVa: Laparoscopic procedures for malignant conditions

Laparoscopic staging of pelvic malignancies
Laparoscopic management of endometrial cancer
Laparoscopic management of cervical cancer
Laparoscopic management of ovarian cancer
Role of laparoscopy in advanced pelvic cancers

Section IVb: Robotic procedures for malignant conditions

Robotic procedures for malignant conditions