Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – Access Techniques for Laparoscopic Surgery (pp. 1-16)
S. M. M. de Castro, M.D., Ph.D., U. K. Coblijn, M.D., W. F. van Tets, M.D., Ph.D., and B. A. van Wagensveld, M.D., Ph.D. (Sint Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Chapter 2 – Modified Laparoscopic and Open Splenectomy and Azygoportal Disconnection for Portal Hypertension (pp. 17-28)
Dou-Sheng Bai, MD; Jian-Jun Qian, MD; Ping Chen, MD; Jie Yao, MD; Xiao-Dong Wang, MSc; Sheng-Jie Jin, and Guo-Qing Jiang (Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China)

Chapter 3 – Single Incision Laparoscopic Splenectomy (pp. 29-32)
Ioannis D. Gkegkes, MD, and Christos Iavazzo, MD, PhD (First Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Attica “KAT”, Athens, Greece and others)

Chapter 4 – Laparoscopic Liver Surgery (pp. 33-52)
J. M. Ramia, R. De la Plaza, F. Adel, M. Goergen, J. Garcia-Parreño and J. S. Azagra (Unidad de Cirugía Hepatobiliopancreática, Servicio de Cirugía General y Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain and others)

Chapter 5 – Single Incision Laparoscopic Hepatectomy (pp. 53-56)
Ioannis D. Gkegkes, MD and Christos Iavazzo, MD, PhD (First Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Attica “KAT”, Athens, Greece and others)

Chapter 6 – Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery (pp. 57-72)
Victor H. Barnica, M.D. and Assar A. Rather, M.D. (Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Upper Darby, PA, US and others)

Chapter 7 – Role of Diagnostic Laparoscopy in Gastric Cancer Staging (pp. 73-90)
Abraham El-Sedfy, Matthew Dixon, Savtaj S. Brar, John G. Cannon and Natalie G. Coburn (Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and others)

Chapter 8 – Role of Laparoscopic Resection in Gastric Cancer Treatment (pp. 91-106)
Abraham El-Sedfy, Savtaj S. Brar, Matthew Dixon, John G. Cannon and Natalie G. Coburn (Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and others)

Chapter 9 – Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair: Techniques and Complications (pp. 107-116)
Zachary Williams, MD, Helene Seita, and William W. Hope, MD (Department of Surgery, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, South East Area Health Education Center, Wilmington, NC, US)

Chapter 10 – Analgesia in Robotic and Laparoscopic Urological Procedures (pp. 117-128)
Sian E. Batley, Nikhil Vasdev, Timothy Lane, Gregory Boustead, James M. Adshead, and Shanmugasundaram Gowrie-Mohan (Department of Anesthetics, and Department of Urology, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UK)

Chapter 11 – Single-Site Port Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (pp. 129-132)
Christos Iavazzo, MD, PhD, and Ioannis D. Gkegkes, MD (Gynaecological Oncology Department, Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK and others)

Chapter 12 – Laparoscopy in Pediatric Surgery (pp. 133-256)
Mario Lima, Francesca Destro, Noemi Cantone, Dora Persichetti Proietti, Michela Maffi, Stefania Pavia and Andrea Gentili (S. Orsola Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery, and Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, University of Bologna, Italy)

Chapter 13 – Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery (pp. 257-276)
José M. Beleña, M.D., Ph.D. and Mónica Nuñez, M.D. (Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Sureste University Hospital, Arganda del Rey, Madrid, and Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain)

Chapter 14 – Intestinal Complications in Laparoscopic Surgery (pp. 277-290)
Ignacio Brunel, Elisa Moreno Palacios, Javier De Santiago and Ignacio Zapardiel (Gynecology Oncology Department, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid. Spain)

Index