Main description:

This current guide to surgery describes the complete field of minimally invasive surgery possible today and represents a systematic account from a didactic point of view. The authors and editors are pioneers of worldwide repute in their respective techniques. Special emphasis has been placed on highly informative drawings which form an instructive complement to the numerous accompanying "real-time" figures taken directly during operative procedures through the endoscope. This revised, updated and enhanced second edition covers all basic techniques used in endoscopic gastrointestinal surgery.

Feature:

Most up-to-date step by step guide, unsurpassed with regard to comprehensiveness and make-up, written by leading experts in their field.

Back cover:

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Contents:

General Part:.............................................. ........................................................... Specific Part: Endoscopic Surgery for Oesophageal Motility Disorders; Endoscopic Anti-reflux Surgery; Endoscopic Resection of Oesophageal Tumours; Endoscopic Gastric Surgery; Endoscopic Biliary Surgery; Endoscopic Hepatic Surgery; Endoscopic Surgery for Pancreatic Disorders; Endoscopic Surgery for Splenic Disorders; Endoscpocic Surgery on the Small Intestine and Vermiform Appendix; Endoscopic Surgery on the Colon, Rectum and Anal Canal. Endoscopic Surgery of the Abdominal Wall.