Surgical Laparoscopy defines the total set of adult and pediatric procedures that can be performed by the general surgeon.
Contents
Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgery: Historical Perspectives
- The Anesthetic Implications of Laparoscopic Surgery
- Methods of Creating a Pneumoperitoneum
- Concept and Applications of the Abdominal Wall Lift Systems
- Electrosurgery and Ultrasound for Cutting and Coagulating Tissue in Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Laparoscopic Suturing and Knot Tying
- Diagnostic Laparoscopy for Acute and Chronic Abdominal Pain
- Laparoscopy for the Diagnosis and Staging of Intraabdominal Malignancies
- The Role of Laparoscopy in Abdominal Trauma
Liver and Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic Cholangiography
- Laparoscopic Management of Acute Cholecystitis
- Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration
- Intraoperative Endoscopic Antegrade Sphincterotomy
- Flexible Endoscopic Applications for Biliary Surgery
- Laparoscopic Biliary Bypass
- Laparoscopic Surgery of the Liver
- Laparoscopic Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatic Malignancies
Appendix, Small Bowel, Colon, and Rectum
- Laparoscopic Appendectomy
- Laparoscopically Guided Small Intestinal Surgery
- Laparoscopic Colectomy for Colon Cancer
- Laparoscopy for Benign Colonic Disease
- Laparoscopic Management of Rectal Prolapse
- Laparoscopic Abdominal Perineal Resection
- Endoluminal Rectal Surgery
- Laparascopic Management of Difficult Colonic Polyps
Laparoscopic Foregut Surgery
- Anatomy of the Respiratory Diaphragm and the Esophagogastric Region
- Medical Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Preoperative Evaluation of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
- Laparoscopic Toupet Fundoplication
- The Role of Delayed Gastric Emptying in Patients with Gatroesophageal Reflux
- Gastric Intraluminal Antireflux Surgery
- Laparoscopic Repair of Paraesophageal Hernias
- Endoscopic Lengthening Procedures for the Shortened Esophagus: The Combined Laparoscopic/Thoracoscopic Collis Gastroplasty
- Reoperation for the Failed Antireflux Procedure
- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Achalasia
- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Zenker's Diverticulum
- Management and Prevention of Specific Complications Associated with Laparoscopic Foregut Surgery
- Vagotomy
- Laparoscopic Vagotomy for Treatment of Peptic Ulcer
- Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Cancer
- Laparoscopic Management of Gastric Diverticula
- Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgery for Treatment of Inguinal and Ventral Hernias
- Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh Repair for Inguinal Hernias
- Totally Extraperitoneal Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy
- Laparoscopic Repair of Ventral Hernia
- Prosthetic Materials for Herniorrhaphy
Laparoscopic Solid Organ Surgery
- Laparoscopic Splenectomy: Anterior Approach
- Lateral Approach to Laparoscopic Splenectomy
- Laparoscopic Management of Adrenal Lesions
- Laparoscopic Management of Pancreatic Pseudocysts
- Laparoscopic Live-donor Nephrectomy
Thoracoscopic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Endoscopic Sympathectomy and Splanchnicectomy
- Thoracoscopic Lung Resection
- Thoracoscopic Management of Pleural Disease
- Thoracoscopic Cardiac Surgery
Minimally Invasive Vascular Surgery
- Laparoscopic Vascular Surgery
- Endoscopic Technique for Subfascial Perforating Vein Interruption
Miscellaneous Topics
- Diagnostic and Therapeutic Laparoscopy in the Pediatric Patient
- Laparoscopic Surgery and the Pregnant Patient
- Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis
- Laparoscopic Spinal Access Surgery
- Minimal Access Surgery for Head and Neck Pathology
- Socioeconomic View of Laparoscopy
- Medical Malpractice in Laparoscopic Surgery
- Laparoscopic Sonography
- Telepresence for the Laparoscopic Surgeon
- Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery
- Handoscopy
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