Nezhat's Textbook of Minimally Invasive Surgery

Camran R. Nezhat is Deputy Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University Medical Center and Director of his own private practice at the Nezhat Institute and Center for Special Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery in Palo Alto, CA. Farr R. Nezhat is Medical Director at Nezhat Surgery for Gynecology/Oncology as well as Clinical Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, Adjunct Professor, NYU Long Island School of Medicine , Mineola NY and Director of Division and Fellowship, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and Robotics  |  NYU Langone-Long Island. Ceana Nezhat is Medical Director, Nezhat Medical Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Reproductive Medicine, Atlanta, GA. Nisha Lakhi is the Senior Director of Clinical Oncology and Director of Research at Richmond University Medical Center, Staten Island, NY. Azadeh Nezhat is co-director of the Nezhat Institute and Center for Special Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Palo Alto, CA.

• 1. A history of modern-day video surgery with and without robotic assistance Barbara Page and Nataliya Vang; 2. Equipment for operative laparoscopy and hysteroscopy; 2.1 The role of medical equipment in healthcare's evolution Ali Amiri; 2.2 Laparoscopic equipment and operating room setup Shruti Agarwal, Elizabeth Buescher, Erica Schipper and Camran Nezhat; 3. Anesthesia Pedro P. Tanaka, Robert T. Arrigo, Arjun Desai and John H. Nguyen; 4. Patient positioning and operating room setup Ashley Bartalot and Farr Nezhat; 5. Laparoscopic access; 5.1 Safe laparoscopic access Louise P. King, Atena Asiaii, Nataliya Vang, Ceana Nezhat, Azadeh Nezhat, Ibrahim Alkatout, Liselotte Mettler, Roger Ferland and Farr Nezhat; 5.2 LapCap2: abdominal access safety device Camran Nezhat, Nataliya Vang and Azadeh Nezhat; 6. Laparoscopic suturing; 6.1 Video laparoscopic suturing: Pasic's perspective Joseph L. Hudgens Resad Pasic and Megan Burns; 6.2 New suturing techniques: barbed sutures Jon I. Einarsson and Sarah L. Cohen Rassier; 6.3 Advanced, stylistic video laparoscopic suturing Deborah Lee, Akira Shirane and Shanti Mohling; 7. Pelvic Anatomy; 7.1 Intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal anatomy Marcello Ceccaroni, Roberto Clarizia, Daniele Mautone and Giovanni Roviglione; 7.2 The new space Robert Roman, Anupama Rambhatla, Atena Asiaii, Lovely Jethwani and Catarina Miranda-Silva; 8. Hysteroscopy; 8.1 Diagnostic and operative hysteroscopy Sara McKinney and Louise P King; 8.2 Evaluation and management of the uterine septum Jovana Tavcar, Kelly Wright and Keith Isaacson; 8.3 Intrauterine adhesions: hysteroscopic evaluation and treatment Rafael F. Valle, edited by Keith Isaacson and Lydia Garcia; 8.4 Video hysteroscopic tubal cannulation Tommaso Falcone and Jeffrey M. Goldberg; 9. Fertility; 9.1 Frontiers in Fertility Kutluk Oktay and Giuliano Bedoschi; 9.2 Assessment of the endometrial cavity in the patient with infertility Steven R. Lindheim, Yao Lu, Yun Sun, Mindy Christianson and Artur Ludwin; 9.3 Ultrasound oocyte recovery Ebru Ozturk and Leo Dohertyand Aydin Arici; 9.4 Ultrasonography and the embryo transfer Eric Flisser and Jamie A. Grifo; 9.5 Salpingectomy and salpingostomy Neil Johnson; 9.6 Opportunistic salpingectomy: an appropriate procedure during all pelvic surgeries Camran Nezhat, Nataliya Vang, Mailinh Vu and Azadeh Nezhat; 10. Management of adnexal masses; 10.1 The adnexal mass Mahkam Tavallaee, Tanja Pejovic, Louise P. King, Michael Lewis, Erica Schipper, Cihat Unlu, Gazi Yildirim, Jennifer Cho and Camran Nezhatand Farr Nezhat; 10.2 Management of the ectopic pregnancy Bulut Varlı and Bulent Berker; 10.3 Management of tubo-ovarian abscesses John F. Steege, Pavan K. Ananth and Ceana H. Nezhat; 10.4 Robotic management of inflammatory bowel disease Leslie S. Anewenah, Erin King-Mullins and Wayne L. Ambroze; 10.5 Surgical treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome Mausumi Das and Togas Tulandi; 10.6 Ovarian remnant syndrome George A. Vilos and Jennifer Marksand Basim Abu-Rafea; 11. Endometriosis; 11.1 The pathogenesis of endometriosis Richard O. Burney and Linda C. Giudice; 11.2 Video-laparoscopic management of endometriosis with and without robotic assistance Camran Nezhat, Elizabeth Buescher, Chandhu Paka, Ceana Nezhat, and Farr Nezhat; Updated by Nisha Lakhi and Gabrielle Tricorico; 11.3 Genitourinary Endometriosis Megan Kennedy Burns, Michelle A. Wood, Camran Nezhat; 11.4 Robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery for deeply infiltrating endometriosis Farr Nezhat and Nisha Lakhi; 11.5 Minimally invasive treatment of chronic pelvic pain Radu Apostol; 12 Video laparoscopic adhesiolysis and adhesion prevention Danielle Luciano and Anthony Luciano; 13 Video laparoscopic sterilization Radha Syed, Erica Schipper, Adrienne Ligouri, Gabrielle Tricorico and Nisha Lakhi; 14 Leiomyomas; 14.1 Minimally invasive management of leiomyomas M. Shoma Datta –