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Laparoscopic surgery : principles and procedures /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jones, Daniel B., 1964-, Wu, Justin S., Soper, Nathaniel J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Marcel Dekker, [2004]
Edition:Second edition, revised and Exp.
Subjects:
Laparoscopy.
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures.
Table of Contents:
  • The laparoscopic revolution
  • Patient selection and preparation
  • Basic equipment, room setup, and patient positioning
  • Anesthetic issues
  • Access and port placement
  • Hand-assisted approach
  • Suturing and knot tying
  • Instruments for ligating, tissue approximation, gluing, and coagulation
  • Ultrasonography
  • Complications of laparoscopic surgery
  • General postoperative care
  • Skills training
  • Surgical robots, telesurgery, and future technologies
  • Diagnostic laparoscopy
  • Laparoscopy in evaluation of patients with upper gastrointestinal malignancies
  • Liver surgery
  • Ventral hernia repair
  • Triaging for trauma
  • Cholecystectomy
  • Common bile duct stones
  • Biliary bypass
  • Gastrostomy and jejunostomy
  • Paraesophageal hiatal hernias
  • Nissen fundoplication
  • Heller myotomy
  • Peptic ulcer disease
  • Gastrectomy
  • Inguinal hernias
  • Appendectomy
  • Colorectal surgery
  • Splenectomy
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Pancreatic surgery
  • Gynecology
  • Urological procedures
  • Minimally invasive vascular surgery
  • Endoscopic plastic surgery
  • Pediatric surgery
  • Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
  • Esophagectomy
  • Obesity surgery : Rouz-en-Y and gastric band procedures
  • Minimally invasive orthopedic and spinal surgery : a brief overview