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section i: general considerations and principles of access
1 Principles of Room Setup and Port Placement for Minimally Invasive Surgery 2
2 General Principles of Laparoscopic Access 10
3 Principles of Thoracic Access 18
4 Minimally Invasive Suturing and Knot Tying 26
5 Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery, Robotics, and Natural-Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery 32
section ii: minimally invasive thoracic surgery
6 Mediastinoscopy 42
7 Blebectomy and Pleurectomy 50
8 Pleurodesis 56
9 Sympathectomy 58
10 Wedge Resection of the Lung 60
11 Pulmonary Lobectomy 64
12 Resection of a Mid-Esophageal Diverticulum with Myotomy 74
13 Two- and Three-Field Esophagectomy 80
section iii: minimally invasive upper gi tract surgery
14 Transoral Cricopharyngeal Myotomy and Zenker Diverticulectomy 106
15 Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) 110
16 Heller Myotomy with Partial Fundoplication 116
17 Epiphrenic Diverticulectomy with Myotomy and Fundoplication 130
18 Total (Nissen) Fundoplication 136
19 Partial Fundoplication 146
20 Repair of Paraesophageal Hernia 152
21 Wedge Gastroplasty for Short Esophagus (Collis Gastroplasty) 158
22 Transhiatal Esophagectomy 164
23 Closure of Perforated Duodenal Ulcer 192
24 Pyloroplasty 194
25 Wedge Resection of Gastric Smooth Muscle Tumors 198
26 Gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y Reconstruction 204
section iv: minimally invasive enteral access
27 Gastrostomy Tube Placement 222
28 Jejunostomy Tube Placement 226
section v: minimally invasive bariatric surgery
29 Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass 232
30 Gastric Band Placement 244
31 “Sleeve” Gastrectomy and Duodenal Switch 252
section vi: minimally invasive hepatopancreatobiliary surgery
32 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy 266
33 Single-Incision Cholecystectomy 278
34 Common Bile Duct Exploration 282
35 Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors 292
36 Liver Resection 296
37 Management of Simple Hepatic Cysts 308
38 Intragastric Surgery 312
39 Pancreatic Necrosectomy 318
40 Distal Pancreatectomy 322
section vii: minimally invasive abdominal surgery
41 Splenectomy 334
42 Adrenalectomy 338
43 Donor Nephrectomy 344
section viii: minimally invasive hernia repair
44 Abdominal Wall Hernia Repair 352
45 Inguinal Hernia Repair 356
section ix: minimally invasive colorectal surgery
46 Appendectomy 366
47 Ileocecectomy and Stricturoplasty for Small Bowel Enteritis (Crohn’s Disease) 370
48 Right Hemicolectomy 374
49 Sigmoid Colectomy 380
50 Total Abdominal Colectomy 388
51 Restorative Proctocolectomy with Ileal J-Pouch Reconstruction 400
52 Low Anterior Resection 406
53 Abdominal Perineal Resection 416
54 Colostomy Creation 424
55 Colostomy Takedown 426
56 Rectopexy and Posterior Mesh Repair for Rectal Prolapse 430
57 Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery 438
section x: minimally invasive pediatric surgery
58 Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery: General Considerations 444
59 Pediatric Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair 450
60 Pyloromyotomy for Pyloric Stenosis 456
61 Repair of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia of Bochdalek 458
62 Endorectal Pull-Through for Hirschsprung Disease 464
Index 471