Endoscopic Surgery in Infants and Children

Front Matter....Pages I-XXVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Why Endoscopic Surgery?....Pages 3-6
Equipment and Instruments....Pages 7-24
Robotics....Pages 25-31
Future Technology....Pages 33-38
Ergonomics of Task Performance in Endoscopic Surgery....Pages 39-50
Training in Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery....Pages 51-53
Physiologic Responses to Endoscopic Surgery....Pages 55-59
Complications of Endoscopic Surgery in Infants and Children....Pages 61-69
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Cervicoscopy, a Minimally Invasive Approach for the Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Thymus in Children....Pages 73-81
Anesthesia for Pediatric Thoracoscopic Surgery....Pages 83-87
Thoracoscopy in Infants and Children: Basic Techniques....Pages 89-94
Implantation of a Nuss Bar Under Thoracoscopic Guidance....Pages 95-104
Thoracoscopic Drainage and Debridement of Empyema....Pages 105-109
The Thoracoscopic Approach to Pneumothorax in Children....Pages 111-116
Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy....Pages 117-121
Thoracoscopic Lobectomy in Infants and Children....Pages 123-129
Thoracoscopic Management of Esophageal Duplications, Bronchogenic Cysts, and Extralobar Sequestration....Pages 131-135
The Role of Thoracoscopy for the Resection of Pulmonary Metastasis....Pages 137-143
Thoracoscopy and Hydatid Cyst of the Lung....Pages 145-149
Thoracoscopic Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Infants and Children....Pages 151-155
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Aortosternopexy for Tracheomalacia....Pages 157-162
Thoracoscopic Venous Vascular Access....Pages 163-167
Thoracoscopic Treatment of Palmar Hyperhidrosis....Pages 169-173
Thoracoscopic Treatment of Chylothorax....Pages 175-178
Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery for Thymectomy....Pages 179-187
Thoracoscopic Removal of Neurogenic Mediastinal Tumors....Pages 189-197
The Thoracoscopic Approach to Esophageal Atresia with Distal Fistula....Pages 199-205
Thoracoscopic Repair of Esophageal Atresia without Fistula....Pages 207-219
The Thoracoscopic Approach to H Type Tracheoesophageal Fistula....Pages 221-225
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Anesthesia for Pediatric Laparoscopy....Pages 229-232
The Basics of Laparoscopy....Pages 233-244
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Esophageal Achalasia....Pages 247-252
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication....Pages 253-259
Laparoscopic Fundoplication According to Toupet....Pages 261-266
Laparoscopic Thal Fundoplication in Infants and Children....Pages 267-274
Laparoscopic Gastrostomy....Pages 275-279
Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy....Pages 281-286
Laparoscopic Jejunostomy....Pages 287-291
Laparoscopic Treatment of Duodenal and Jejunal Atresia and Stenosis....Pages 293-297
Intestinal Malrotation....Pages 299-304
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Laparoscopic Approach in Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction....Pages 305-308
Laparoscopic Treatment of Meckel’s Diverticulum....Pages 309-313
Laparoscopic Approach to Intussusception....Pages 315-320
Laparoscopic Treatment of Enteric Duplications and Other Abdominal Cystic Masses....Pages 321-325
Laparoscopic Continent Appendicostomy in the Management of Fecal Incontinence and Constipation....Pages 327-333
Laparoscopic Cecostomy and Sigmoidostomy Button....Pages 335-338
Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Children....Pages 339-348
Laparoscopic Management of Crohn’s Disease....Pages 349-353
Total Colectomy with J Pouch....Pages 355-360
Hand-assisted Colectomy....Pages 361-366
Endorectal Pull-through for Hirschsprung’s Disease....Pages 367-374
Laparoscopic-assisted Treatment of Hirschsprung’s Disease According to Duhamel....Pages 375-384
Laparoscopic Rectopexy....Pages 385-390
Georgeson’s Procedure: Laparoscopically Assisted Anorectoplasty for High Anorectal Malformations....Pages 391-398
Laparoscopy in the Treatment of Female Infants with Anorectal Malformations....Pages 399-408
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Laparoscopic Treatment of Hydatid Disease of the Liver....Pages 411-415
Laparoscopic Liver Surgery....Pages 417-422
Laparoscopic Kasai Portoenterostomy for Biliary Atresia....Pages 423-430
Laparoscopic Excision of Choledochal Cyst with Hepaticojejunostomy....Pages 431-438
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy....Pages 439-446
Front Matter....Pages 447-447
Splenectomy....Pages 449-454
Partial Splenectomies by Laparoscopy in Children....Pages 455-461
Front Matter....Pages 463-463
Laparoscopic Approaches to the Pancreas....Pages 465-469
Laparoscopic Approach in Persistent Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia in Infancy....Pages 471-475
Front Matter....Pages 477-477
Laparoscopy and Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts....Pages 479-483
Endoscopic Surgery for Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters in Children....Pages 485-498
Front Matter....Pages 499-499
Abdominal Trauma....Pages 501-507
Front Matter....Pages 509-509
Laparoscopy for Pediatric Abdominal Malignancies....Pages 511-522
Front Matter....Pages 523-523
Chronic Abdominal Pain of Childhood....Pages 525-529
Front Matter....Pages 531-531
Laparoscopic Approach to Sacrococcygeal Teratomas....Pages 533-537
Front Matter....Pages 539-539
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in Adolescents....Pages 541-547
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Principles and Procedures....Pages 549-554
Front Matter....Pages 555-555
Laparoscopic Treatment of Morgagni-Larrey Diaphragmatic Hernia....Pages 557-561
Thoracoscopy for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia....Pages 563-567
Laparoscopic Repair of Diaphragmatic Defects: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (of Bochdalek) and Eventration....Pages 569-573
Front Matter....Pages 575-575
Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy....Pages 577-584
Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair....Pages 585-589
Inguinal Herniotomy: Laparoscopic-assisted Extraperitoneal Technique....Pages 591-596
Laparoscopic Contralateral Groin Exploration During Inguinal Hernia Repair....Pages 597-602
Front Matter....Pages 603-603
Transperitoneal Adrenalectomy....Pages 605-610
Front Matter....Pages 603-603
Endoscopic Retroperitoneal Adrenalectomy in Children: Lateral Approach....Pages 611-616
Laparoscopic Approach to Abdominal Neuroblastoma....Pages 617-627
Front Matter....Pages 629-629
Introduction to Minimal Access Surgery in Pediatric Urology....Pages 631-632
Basic Technique: Retroperitoneoscopic Approach in the Lateral Position....Pages 633-638
Total Nephrectomy: Transperitoneal Approach....Pages 639-642
Total Nephrectomy: Lateral Retroperitoneoscopic Approach....Pages 643-649
Total Nephrectomy: Prone Retroperitoneoscopic Approach....Pages 651-657
Laparoscopic Heminephrectomy....Pages 659-664
Laparoscopic Dismembered Pyeloplasty for Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction: Transperitoneal Approach....Pages 665-672
Retroperitoneoscopic Dismembered Pyeloplasty....Pages 673-679
Minimally Invasive Surgery and Management of Urinary Tract Stone in Children....Pages 681-688
Retroperitoneoscopic Treatment of Retrocaval Ureter....Pages 689-692
Complicated Ureteroceles with Non-functioning Renal Moieties in Duplex Kidneys: One-stage Radical Laparoscopic Treatment....Pages 693-699
Urachal Abnormalities....Pages 701-705
Minimally Invasive Techniques for Lower Urinary Tract Reconstruction....Pages 707-713
Laparoscopic Bladder Neck Reconstruction....Pages 715-724
Laparoscopic Ureteric Reimplantation (Extravesical)....Pages 725-728
Endoscopic Cross-trigonal Ureteric Reimplantation Under Carbon Dioxide Pneumovesicum....Pages 729-735
Laparoscopic Treatment of Utricular Cysts....Pages 737-741
Diagnosis of Non-palpable Testis....Pages 743-752
Front Matter....Pages 629-629
Laparoscopic Treatment of Non-palpable Testis....Pages 753-758
Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Treatment of Varicocele....Pages 759-764
One-port Retroperitoneoscopic Varicocelectomy in Children and Adolescents....Pages 765-769
Laparoscopy in Functional Ovarian Cysts in Neonates....Pages 771-776
Laparoscopy of Functional Ovarian Cysts and Mesosalpinx Cysts in Peripuberal Girls....Pages 777-781
Laparoscopic Ovary-sparing Surgery in Benign Ovarian Neoplasms....Pages 783-785
Laparoscopy in (Doubtful) Malignant Adnexal Pathology, Ovarian Torsion Beyond the Neonatal Period, Endometriosis, and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease....Pages 787-790
Laparoscopy in Uterovaginal Anomalies....Pages 791-803
Laparoscopy in Intersex Patients Raised as Females....Pages 805-810
Thoracoscopic Anterior Spinal Procedures in Children....Pages 811-814
Front Matter....Pages 815-815
Endoscopic Access to the Fetus....Pages 817-823
Back Matter....Pages 825-833