Operative Manual of Endoscopic Surgery

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Introduction and Historical Aspects....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Nature and Scope of Endoscopic Surgery....Pages 9-13
Instruments for Endoscopic Surgery....Pages 14-36
Video Imaging and Photodocumentation....Pages 37-43
Ancillary Technology: Electrocautery, Thermocoagulation and Laser....Pages 44-60
Requirements for an Endoscopic Surgery Unit....Pages 61-63
Training in Endoscopic Surgery....Pages 64-82
Basic Surgical Procedures....Pages 83-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
General Principles of Thoracoscopic Surgery....Pages 105-109
Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy and Vagotomy....Pages 110-133
Thoracoscopic Ligation of Pleural Bullae and Parietal Pleurectomy for Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Treatment of Empyema and Pericardiectomy....Pages 134-140
Thoracoscopic Oesophageal Myotomy for Motility Disorders....Pages 141-148
Perivisceral Endoscopic Oesophagectomy....Pages 149-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
General Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery....Pages 169-179
Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis....Pages 180-193
Laparoscopic Appendicectomy....Pages 194-208
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy....Pages 209-232
Laparoscopic Gallstone Extraction....Pages 233-239
Cholecystostomy Drainage for Severe Acute Cholecystitis....Pages 240-245
Laparoscopic Management of Inguinal Hernias — A Preliminary Report....Pages 246-253
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Laparoscopic Vagotomy....Pages 254-262
Laparoscopic Posterior Truncal Vagotomy and Anterior Seromyotomy....Pages 263-272
Laparoscopic Surgery for Perforated Duodenal Ulcer....Pages 273-279
Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery....Pages 280-297
Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia....Pages 298-302
Endoluminal Rectal Surgery....Pages 303-325
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Quality of Life and Assessment of Endpoints....Pages 329-335
Future Advances in Endoscopic Surgery....Pages 336-347
Back Matter....Pages 349-353