Full Description
Minimally Invasive Surgical Oncology is aimed at the minimal invasive surgeon as well as at the general surgeon and surgical trainee who wish to explore this field. It covers disciplines like gastroenterology, gynecology, urology, thoracic and pediatrics and builds bridges to oncologists and internal medicine. It gives a state-of-the art overview and perspectives for future developments and research as well. The book serves as an operative guide for a new generation of surgeons and offers the extraordinary feature being a text book, an operative atlas and a quick reference guide as well. The reader is provided with a tool in hand which synthesizes the latest knowledge in traditional therapies like chemotherapies and gives a comprehensive overview how to proceed in treating a cancer patient using minimal access techniques.
Contents
Preface.- Foreword.- Part A - General Topics: Minimal Invasive Surgery - The Pioneers.- Evolution of Minimal Invasive Surgery and its Impact on Surgical Residency Training.- Laparoscopy and Research in Surgical Oncology: Current State-of- the-Art and Future Trends.- Moral and Ethical Issues in Laparoscopy and Advanced Surgical Technologies.- Robotic Application in Surgical Oncology.- Laparoscopy and Malignany-General Aspects.- Laparoscopy and Immunology.- Pneumoperitoneum and its Effects on Malignancy.- Laparoscopy in the Elderly.- Transluminal Surgery: Is there a Place for Oncological Procedures? - Part B Special Topics: Cancer of the Esophagus and the Gastro-Esophageal Junction: Two Cavity Approach.- Transhital Approach.- Cancer of the Stomach: Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy - LADG.- Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy - LATG.- Endoluminal Procedures for Early Gastric Cancer.- Small Bowel: Cancer of the Small Bowel/Carcinoid.-- Cancer of the Colon and Rectum: Right Hemicolectomy and Appendix.- Left Hemicolectomy and Sigmoid Colon.- Surgery of the Rectum.- Cancer of the Hepato-Biliary System: General Considerations.- Liver - Non-anatomical Resection.- Liver - Anatomical Resection.- Cancer of the Gallbladder and Extrahepatic Bile Ducts.- Sleen: Sleen - Hematological Disorders.- Endocrinology: Cancer of the Thyroid.- Cancer of the Parathyroid.- Cancer of the Pancreas - Distal Resection and Staging of Pancreatic Cancer.- Cancer of the Pancreas - The Whipple Procedure.- Cancer of the Adrenal Gland.- Gynecology: Minimal Invasive Management of Gynecologic Malignancies.- Urology: Cancer of the Kidney.- Cancer of the Prostate.- Cancer of teh Urinary Bladder.- Pediatrics: Minimal Invasive Management of Pediatric Malignancies.- Lung and Mediastinum: Minimal Invasive Management of Intra-Thoracic Malignanicies.- Index.
