This second edition discusses information pertaining to various minimal access surgeries. This edition is divided into four distinct volumes: basic laparoscopic surgery, esophagogastric surgery, colorectal surgery. and hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery.Each chapter includes detailed operative description and images in the form of atlas. The book illustrates advanced laparoscopic techniques and step-by-step information of operative procedures. It will assist in our understanding of current concepts of laparoscopic surgery and the technical details.Thoroughly revised edition including requisite advanced laparoscopic techniques with step-by-step description of the operative procedure and adequate number of high quality intraoperative pictures.Volume 1: Basic Laparoscopic Surgery provides a detailed description to give an overall view about the various basic aspects of laparoscopic surgery, the instrumentation, energy devices, training modules operation theatre staff nurse training and laparoscopic operation setup. This volume will be helpful to various minimally invasive surgeons in all the fields like General surgeons, Gastrointestinal surgeons, Urology surgeons, Surgical oncologists and Gynecologists.Volume 2: Esophagogastric Surgery includes detailed descriptions of the diseases of the oesophagus and stomach ranging from benign diseases to malignancies. Oesophageal and stomach cancer, particularly thoracoscopic esophagectomy in prone technique Ivor Lewis two stage esophagectomy and D2 radical gastrectomy, have been described in detail.Volume 3: Colorectal Surgery includes detailed descriptions of various minimally-invasive colorectal procedures involving the most recent approaches, such as minimally-invasive inter sphincteric resection for low rectal malignancies. Colon cancer, including transverse colon and rectum, prolapse rectum, total proctocolectomy with ileoanal pouch anastomosis, has been described in detail.Volume 4: Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery describes in detail all the minimally-invasive hepatobiliary surgeries. The World first laparoscopic Whipple’s operation has been described, along with guidelines and selection for laparoscopy derived in the first international summit on laparoscopic pancreatic resection. A chapter on laparoscopic donor hepatectomy is also included in the book.This book has been well-accepted by the surgical fraternity and has also got translated into other languages like Spanish, Korean and Chinese.
