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Since its publication in 1998, The SAGES Manual: Fundamentals of Laparoscopic and GI Endoscopy has become a true classic. Now, in its new second edition, the manual continues to be a comprehensive, concise and timely contribution to the field of minimally invasive surgery. The text provides an authoritative synopsis of the major minimally invasive procedures in an easy-to-read outline format. The text has been fully revised with new chapters added to reflect advances in the field. The new edition now features laparoscopy, endoscopy and a new section on thoracoscopy. The laparosopic section reviews the important basics of laparoscopic surgery, including general principles, diagnostic laparoscopy and biopsy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy and common bile duct exploration, laparoscopic gastric surgery, procedures on the small inestine, appendix and colon, the pancreas, spleen and retroperintoneum, hernia repair, and pediatric laparoscopy. The endoscopic section reviews gastrointesinal endoscopy for the general surgeon. It begins with an overview of the general principles of flexible endoscopy, and continues to discuss such procedures as upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, choledochostomy, colonoscopy, and pediatric endoscopy. The thoracoscopy section covers the basic principles of thoracoscopic surgery, including patient preparation and positioning, exploratory thoracoscopy for staging malignancies, esophagomyotomy, and operations for esophageal diverticula. New to the second edition are chapters on laparoscopic bariatric surgery, using hand-assisted devices in laparoscopy, and a new set of chapters on thoracoscopy. 50 new illustrations complement the text. A must-have reference for the general surgery resident or practicing surgeon.

Abdomen --- Laparoscopy --- Laparoscopic surgery --- Gastroscopy --- Endoscopic surgery --- Gastroscope and gastroscopy --- Endoscopy --- Stomach --- Minimally invasive surgery --- MIS (Minimally invasive surgery) --- Operative laparoscopy --- Operative peritoneoscopy --- Surgical laparoscopy --- Celioscopy --- Peritoneoscopy --- Viscera --- Examination --- Surgery. --- Endoscopic surgery. --- Minimally Invasive Surgery. --- Abdominal Surgery. --- General Surgery. --- Abdominal surgery --- Laparotomy --- Endosurgery --- Minimal access surgery --- Operative endoscopy --- Surgical endoscopy --- Microsurgery --- Surgery, Operative --- Surgery, Primitive --- Medicine --- Minimally invasive surgery. --- Abdominal surgery.

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This is not designed to be yet another textbook in laparoscopic surgery. Instead, its purpose is to specifically address topics of controversy in this rapidly evolving field. The book is aimed not only at the 'dedicated' laparoscopic surgeon, but also at general surgeons and surgical trainees. The aim of each chapter is to define, sharpen and emphasize issues of controversy, using the available evidence. Each chapter has been written by a leading, internationally recognised laparoscopic surgeon and is followed by a critical-'balancing comment' by another expert in the field, not necessarily a laparoscopic.

Laparoscopic surgery. --- Endoscopic surgery. --- Minimally invasive surgery --- MIS (Minimally invasive surgery) --- Operative laparoscopy --- Operative peritoneoscopy --- Surgical laparoscopy --- Endoscopic surgery --- Laparoscopy --- Endosurgery --- Minimal access surgery --- Operative endoscopy --- Surgical endoscopy --- Endoscopy --- Microsurgery --- Surgery, Operative --- Surgery. --- Abdomen --- Colon (Anatomy) --- Abdominal Surgery. --- General Surgery. --- Colorectal Surgery. --- Minimally Invasive Surgery. --- Abdominal surgery --- Laparotomy --- Surgery, Primitive --- Medicine --- Abdominal surgery. --- Rectum—Surgery . --- Minimally invasive surgery.

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Neurotraumatology patients present an enormous challenge to society. Neuros- gical management of brain and spinal cord injury has been a frustrating area, as s- gical methods, especially in moderate and severe injuries, have been limited to control of brain and spinal compression, control of intracranial pressure with its expected effect on cerebral blood flow, and structural repair of the supporting structures (skull, spine, brain and spinal cord coverings). Achieving the best outcome for the neu- traumatology patient, however, requires much more than that. This important issue has thus far been approached through the broadest spectrum of scientific knowledge, from the most fundamental biological sciences to the social sciences. Such a variety of approaches has for a long time been in need of a "center of gravity;' a balancing point where facts and opinions can meet and be integrated. The management of neural injury is awaiting a breakthrough, and we should do our best to facilitate. As the majority of the new discoveries tend to appear at the integrating borderlines of two separate scientific areas, our duty is to bring together all scientists involved with neural injury. all hope that the meeting has fulfilled this goal and is a step forward in bringing together previously distant areas of knowledge in neurotraumatology. These proceedings contain the full text of the submitted reports, with the intention of providing the information and personal opinions of the participating speakers to those who were unable to attend.

Nervous system --- Surgery --- Endoscopic surgery --- Wounds and injuries --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Neurosciences --- Endoscopic surgery. --- Neurosurgery. --- Minimally Invasive Surgery. --- Nerves --- Neurosurgery --- Endosurgery --- Minimal access surgery --- Minimally invasive surgery --- MIS (Minimally invasive surgery) --- Operative endoscopy --- Surgical endoscopy --- Endoscopy --- Microsurgery --- Surgery, Operative --- Minimally invasive surgery.

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Negli ultimi quindici anni l’introduzione delle tecniche videoendoscopiche ha indubbiamente rivoluzionato la Chirurgia Toracica, rendendo più agevole, rapido e sicuro l’approccio a diverse patologie del torace. L’utilizzo della videocamera può essere effettuato tanto nell’ambito di un intervento totalmente videoendoscopico quanto in assistenza ad un approccio open; questo impiego "flessibile" ha permesso l’introduzione di tecniche diverse, alternative, ed altrettanto risolutive. Il termine di Chirurgia Toracica Videoassistita, che è stato utilizzato come titolo per questo volume, comprende di fatto tanto le metodiche completamente videoendoscopiche quanto quelle con accesso open videoassistito. L'opera, a cui hanno collaborato i maggiori esperti internazionali del settore, rappresenta quindi un approfondito aggiornamento delle varie tecniche chirurgia toracica videoassistita, che riguarda le branche della chirurgia toracica, della chirurgia generale, della chirurgia pediatrica, e della chirurgia spinale. Questo testo, corredato da un DVD che contiene alcuni video di taglio didattico per garantire un approccio multimediale e integrato, è diretto non solo agli specializzandi, destinati ad approfondire e perfezionare le tematiche trattate, ma anche agli specialisti, che troveranno in esso un utile e aggiornato strumento di lavoro.

Chest --- Surgery. --- Surgery, Primitive --- Medicine --- Thoracic surgery --- Thoracic surgeons --- Endoscopic surgery. --- Thoracic surgery. --- Minimally Invasive Surgery. --- General Surgery. --- Pediatric Surgery. --- Thoracic Surgery. --- Endosurgery --- Minimal access surgery --- Minimally invasive surgery --- MIS (Minimally invasive surgery) --- Operative endoscopy --- Surgical endoscopy --- Endoscopy --- Microsurgery --- Surgery, Operative --- Minimally invasive surgery. --- Pediatric surgery. --- Pediatric surgery --- Surgery, Pediatric --- Children --- Diseases --- Treatment

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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common disorders with an increasing prevalence and incidence in the last two decades. This book, edited by two experienced surgeons and a clinical psychologist in cooperation with numerous worldwide leading experts, presents clinically relevant information for gastroenterologists, internists, surgeons, residents and also nurses, who frequently care for GERD patients. Focusing on different treatment concepts – medical, endoscopic as well as surgical – the chapters include the basics of symptomatology and epidemiology, pathophysiology, GERD among different age groups, complications and its treatment, hiatal hernia or H. pylori and GERD, NERD and functional heartburn, diagnostic procedures and also presurgical examination. In addition, the patient's perspectives of disease, diagnostics and treatment are included, the same as economic aspects of GERD, and the impact of disease on quality of life or patient-reported outcomes after treatment.

Gastroesophageal reflux. --- Esophagus --- Diseases. --- Acid reflux disease --- Esophageal reflux --- Esophagitis, Reflux --- Gastric regurgitation --- Gastro-esophageal reflux --- Reflux disease, Acid --- Reflux esophagitis --- Regurgitation, Gastric --- Heartburn --- Diseases --- Gastroenterology. --- Endoscopic surgery. --- Thoracic surgery. --- Family medicine. --- Psychology, clinical. --- Minimally Invasive Surgery. --- Thoracic Surgery. --- General Practice / Family Medicine. --- Clinical Psychology. --- Clinical psychology. --- Psychiatry --- Psychology, Applied --- Psychological tests --- Endosurgery --- Minimal access surgery --- Minimally invasive surgery --- MIS (Minimally invasive surgery) --- Operative endoscopy --- Surgical endoscopy --- Endoscopy --- Microsurgery --- Surgery, Operative --- Internal medicine --- Digestive organs --- Thoracic surgery --- Thoracic surgeons --- Family practice (Medicine) --- General practice (Medicine) --- Medicine --- Physicians (General practice) --- Gastroenterology . --- Minimally invasive surgery. --- General practice (Medicine). --- Gastroesophageal reflux --- Gastroesophageal Reflux --- Fundoplication - methods --- Patients --- Fundoplication