| Description |
1 online resource (xliv, 444 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Education and training / Adrian Park and Donald Witzke ; Commentary / Robert Condon -- Access to the abdomen / Paolo Gentileschi and Marco Catarci ; Commentary / Harrith Hasson -- Establishing pneumoperitoneum: the ideal gas and physiological consequences / A.Z. Rizvi, J.G. Hunter ; Commentary / Raul Rosenthal -- Laparoscopy in the acute abdomen / Dennis Fowler ; Commentary / Philip Barie -- Laparoscopy in special conditions: previous abdominal surgery, pregnancy and liver disease / Payam Massaband and Myriam Curet ; Commentary / Markus Schäfer and Pierre-Alain Clavien -- Laparoscopy in abdominal trauma / Michel Aboutanos and Rao Ivatury ; Commentary / Demetrios Demetriades -- Laparoscopy in abdominal malignancy / John Wayman and Glyn Jamieson ; Commentary / Abdalla Zarroug and Michael Sarr -- Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery / Gordie Kaban, Donald Czerniach and Demetrius Litwin ; Commentary 1 / Willem Bemelman and Dirk Gouma ; Commentary 2 / Ara Darzi -- Needlescopic surgery / Eric Poulin, Christopher Schlachta and Joe Mamazza ; Commentary / Sen-Chang Yu -- Robotic surgery / Mark Talamini ; Commentary /Andres Castellanos and William Meyers |
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Hiatal hernia / Claude Deschamps ; Commentary / J. Richardson -- Gastroesophageal reflux disease / J. Isch, Brant Oelschlager and Carlos Pellegrini ; Commentary / Zygmunt Krukowski -- Achalasia / Laurent Biertho and Bernard Dallemagne ; Commentary / Gary Gecelter -- Minimally invasive esophagectomy / Alberto de Hoyos and James Luketich ; Commentary / Mark Orringer -- Gastric resection for advanced gastric cancer / Seigo Kitano, Masayuki Ohta and Norio Shiraishi ; Commentary / David Dent -- Adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) for morbid obesity / Jacques Himpens and Tom Vleugels ; Commentary / Wim Ceelen -- Vertical banded gastroplasty for morbid obesity / M. Morino, M. Toppino and G.M. Del Genio ; Commentary / Edward Mason -- Gastric bypass for morbid obesity / David Tichansky, Adolfo Fernandez and Eric DeMaria ; Commentary / Nicolas Christou -- Biliopancreatic diversion for morbid obesity / Paul Cirangle and Gregg Jossart ; Commentary / Picard Marceau -- Cholecystectomy / Carol Scott-Conner ; Commentary / Ulrich Schöffel |
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Choledocholithiasis / Bipan Chand and Jeffrey Ponsky ; Commentary / N. Alexakis and J.P. Neoptolemos -- Cystic parasitic and nonparasitic liver disease / Selçuk Mercan ; Commentary / Jean Emond and Adam Griesemer -- Liver surgery for solid tumors / W.R. Jarnagin and Yuman Fong ; Commentary / Ibrahim Dagher and Dominique Franco -- Splenectomy / Ronald Matteotti, Ahmad Assalia and Alfons Pomp ; Commentary 1 / Seymour Schwartz ; Commentary 2 / Eduardo Targarona, Carmen Balagué and Manuel Trias -- Adrenalectomy / Ahmad Assalia and Michel Gagner ; Commentary / Quan-Yang Duh -- Donor nephrectomy / Molly Buzdon and Eugene Cho ; Commentary / J. Wolf -- Pancreatic surgery / Federico Cuenca-Abente, Ahmad Assalia and Michel Gagner ; Commentary / Peter Kienle and Markus Büchler -- Colorectal surgery / Antonio Lacy, Homero Rivas and Salvadora Delgado ; Commentary / Per-Olof Nyström -- Appendectomy / David Urbach ; Commentary / E. Dellinger -- Incisional and ventral hernia repair / Karl LeBlanc ; Commentary / Abdalla Zarroug and Michael Sarr -- Inguinal hernia repair / E. Ritter and C. Smith ; Commentary / Abe Fingerhut -- Thyroid and parathyroid surgery / Kaare Weber and William Inabnet ; Commentary / Göran Åkerstrom |
| Summary |
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 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Laparoscopic surgery.
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Laparoscopy -- Methods
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Laparoscopy.
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Laparoscopy
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Contraindications
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Laparoscopy -- methods
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Laparoscopy -- methods.
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Laparoscopic surgery.
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Laparoscopy -- contraindications.
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Laparoscopic surgery.
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Laparoscopy.
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| Genre/Form |
Methods (Music)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Assalia, Ahmad.
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Gagner, Michel.
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Schein, Moshe.
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| ISBN |
9783540309642 |
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3540309640 |
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3540229523 |
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9783540229520 |
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1280461020 |
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9781280461026 |
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9786610461028 |
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6610461023 |
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