Contents
1. Preoperative and Postoperative Care of the Laparoscopic Surgery Patient.
2. Laparoscopic Instrumentation and Basic Techniques
3. Laparoscopic Evaluation of Abdominal Trauma
4. Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniorrhaphy
5. Laparoscopic Ventral Herniorrhaphy
6. Laparoscopic Antireflux Procedures
7. Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Esophageal Achalasia
8. Laparoscopic Repair of Diaphragmatic Hernia.
9. Laparoscopic Repair of Perforated Ulcer and Vagotomy
10. Laparoscopic Ostomies
11. Laparoscopic Small Bowel Resection and Meckel's Diverticulectomy.
12. Laparoscopic Appendectomy.
13. Laparoscopic Colectomy and Abdominoperineal Resection.
14. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
15. Complications of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
16. Laparoscopic Liver Biopsy.
17. Laparoscopic Approach to Palliation of Periampullary Tumors
18. Laparoscopic Splenectomy
19. Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
20. Thoracoscopic Pericardiectomy.
21. Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Resection.
22. Thoracoscopic Lung Volume Reduction
23. Thoracoscopic Splanchnicectomy.
24. Laparoscopic Exposure of the Lumbosacral Spine for Discectomy and Fusion.
25. Laparoscopic Staging Pelvic Lymphadenectomy for Prostate Cancer
26. Laparoscopy in the Pregnant Patient
27. Laparoscopic-assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy With or Without Removal of the Adnexae
28. Pediatric Endosurgery
29. Robotics in MIS
Appendix
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