Main description:

Laparoscopy is a new frontier of the surgical technique, which recently gained more and more popularity and credit upon the surgical teams, also in Urology. The reason stays in the reduced invasivity and in the advances on the techniques of "video-assisted surgery". More recently the retroperitoneal access to laparoscopy surgery ("retroperitoneoscopy" or "retroperitoneal laparoscopy") opened a new surgical approach to several diagnostic and operative procedures for a large number of urogenital tract diseases. The applications in pediatric and in adult age and the technical challenges are widely debated at the moment. The volume gathers contributions by internationally renowned authors and is a complete overview of the technique. The book addresses urologists, general and abdominal surgeons, pediatric urologists and pediatric surgeons who are interested in minimally invasive procedures and particularly in retroperitoneal laparoscopy.

Contents:

1 Retroperitoneal Laparoscopy in Adult and Pediatric Patients.- 2 Inception, Progress and Future Perspectives of Retroperitoneal Laparoscopy.- 3 Retroperitoneal Anatomy.- 4 Retroperitoneal Access.- 5 Laparoscopic Instrumentation.- 6 Preparation of the Patient.- 7 Aspects of Anesthesiology in Adults.- 8 Anaesthesiological Aspects in Children.- 9 Indications for Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Surgery in Pediatric Patients.- 10 Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy.- 11 Retroperitoneoscopy in Children.- 12 Laparoscopic Renal, Pelvic and Ureteral Surgery.- 13 Renal Surgery in Adults.- 14 Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery in Malignancies.- 15 Retroperitoneoscopic Varicocelectomy in Children and Adolescents.- 16 Laparoscopic Bladder Surgery.- 17 Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Results After 5o Cases.- 18 Laparoscopic Access for Female Urinary Incontinence.- 19 Complications of Retroperitoneal Laparoscopy in Pediatric Urology: Prevention, Recognition, and Management.- 20 Advantages and Future Perspectives.- 21 Limits and Controversies.