BookHoward M. Ross, Sang W. Lee, Matthew G. Mutch, David E. Rivadeneira, Scott R. Steele, editors.
Contents:
Part I. Preoperative
1. Perioperative Assessment / Charlotte Kvasnovsky and Andrea Chao Bafford
2. Patient Positioning, Instrumentation, and Trocar Placement / Mehraneh Dorna Jafari, Michael J. Stamos, and Steven Mills
3. Surgical Anatomy / Todd D. Francone and Ron G. Landmann
Part II. Procedures
4. Right Colectomy: Straight Laparoscopic / Steven Robert Hunt
5. Right Colectomy: Hand-Assist / Kirk A. Ludwig and Timothy Ridolfi
6. Laparoscopic Sigmoidectomy/Left Colectomy / Toyooki Sonoda
7. Hand-Assisted Left Colectomy / Steven Lee-Kong and Daniel L. Feingold
8. Total Abdominal Colectomy: Straight Laparoscopic Approach / Amanda V. Hayman and Eric J. Dozois
9. Total Abdominal Colectomy: Hand- Assisted Approach / Kiyokazu Nakajima, Tsunekazu Mizushima, and Riichiro Nezu
10. Operative Details of Laparoscopic Rectal Resection for Cancer / Martin R. Weiser
11. Laparoscopic Hand-Assisted Low Anterior Resection / Govind Nandakumar and Sang W. Lee
12. Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Resection / Jennifer S. Davids and Justin A. Maykel
13. Laparoscopic Proctocolectomy / David A. Etzioni and Tonia M. Young-Fadok
14. Laparoscopic Rectopexy / Mia DeBarros and Scott R. Steele
15. Minimally Invasive Approach for Stoma Creation / Seth I. Felder, Zuri Murrell, and Phillip Fleshner
16 Laparoscopic Stoma Reversal / Emre Gorgun
17. Laparoscopic Parastomal Hernia Repair / Joshua A. Tyler and Matthew G. Mutch
Part III. Technical Challenges and Tips
18. Overcoming Technical Challenges: The Abdomen / Eric K. Johnson
19. Overcoming Technical Challenges: The Pelvis / M. Shane McNevin
20. Overcoming Technical Challenges: Reoperative Surgery / Brian R. Englum, M. Benjamin Hopkins, and John Migaly
21. Overcoming Technical Challenges: Prevention and Managing Complications / Bradley R. Davis
Part IV. New Horizons
22. Single-Incision Laparoscopic Approaches to Colorectal Disease / Virgilio George
23. Natural Orifice Surgery (NOTES) / Mark H. Whiteford
24. Robotic Surgery /Mehraneh Dorna Jafari, David E. Rivadeneira, and Alessio Pigazzi
25. Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS): Operative Technique, Pitfalls, and Tips / Francisco Quinteros, Kumaran Thiruppathy, and Matthew R. Albert
26. Combined Endo-Laparoscopic Surgery (CELS) / Kelly A. Garrett and Sang W. Lee
Part V. Special Situations
27. Emergent Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery / Rodrigo Pedraza and Eric M. Haas
28. Laparoscopy in the Elderly Patient / Joshua I. S. Bleier and Brian R. Kann
29. Laparoscopic Colectomy in the Obese Patient / Arida Siripong and H. David Vargas
30. Minimally Invasive Surgery in Crohn's Disease Patients / Chang Sik Yu
31. Minimally Invasive Surgery in Ulcerative Colitis Patients / Marco E. Allaix and Alessandro Fichera
32. Minimally Invasive Approaches to Colon and Rectal Diseases: Technique and Best Practices--Pediatrics / Eric J. Krebill and Daniel J. Robertson
33. Laparoscopy in Pregnant Patients / Melissa M. Alvarez-Downing and David J. Maron
34. Economics of Laparoscopic Colectomy / Anthony J. Senagore
35. Outcomes of Laparoscopic Surgery / Jennifer Leahy and Rocco Ricciardi
Part VI. Conclusions
36. Future Directions in Minimally Invasive Surgery / Howard M. Ross and Matthew Miller Philp.