Overview

In putting together this manual of endoscopic surgery, we have sought to cover the three essential components of the new surgical approach: the technological aspects, the basic endoscopic surgical skills, and the operative techniques. Visualization of the operative field, exposure and execution of remote manipulations are dependent on op timal function of the ancillary apparatus without which endoscopic surgery cannot be practised. Familiarity of the surgeon with the basic physical principles of the various de vices employed in this technology-dependent form of surgery ensures safe use, pro longed equipment life and smooth execution of surgical endoscopic interventions. Equally important is the acquisition of the basic skills of endoscopic surgical practice, since these differ in several important respects from those of conventional open surgery. Mastery of the craft of endoscopic surgery requires a determined commitment to training and is no easy option, but once acquired is rewarded by the extreme profes sional satisfaction experienced when one witnesses the remarkable progress of patients who have undergone major surgical interventions, with minimal discomfort and pain, lower morbidity and rapid return to gainful employment. The new approach has taken the sting out of surgical treatment and made it more acceptable to our patients. Quite apart from cost considerations, this aspect alone justifies the extra effort and invest ment needed for the further advancement of endoscopic surgery. Our task in compiling this operative manual was thus an ambitious one.

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Author:   A. Cuschieri ,  G. Buess ,  J. Perissat
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
ISBN:  

9783662222591

ISBN 10:   3662222590
Pages:   353
Publication Date:   14 October 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

and Historical Aspects.- I General.- 1 Nature and Scope of Endoscopic Surgery.- 2 Instruments for Endoscopic Surgery.- 3 Video Imaging and Photodocumentation.- 4 Ancillary Technology: Electrocautery, Thermocoagulation and Laser.- 5 Requirements for an Endoscopic Surgery Unit.- 6 Training in Endoscopic Surgery.- 7 Basic Surgical Procedures.- II Thoracic Procedures.- 8 General Principles of Thoracoscopic Surgery.- 9 Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy and Vagotomy.- 10 Thoracoscopic Ligation of Pleural Bullae and Parietal Pleurectomy for Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax Treatment of Empyema and Pericardiectomy.- 11 Thoracoscopic Oesophageal Myotomy for Motility Disorders.- 12 Perivisceral Endoscopic Oesophagectomy.- III Abdominal Procedures.- 13 General Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery.- 14 Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis.- 15 Laparoscopic Appendicectomy.- 16 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.- 17 Laparoscopic Gallstone Extraction.- 18 Cholecystostomy Drainage for Severe Acute Cholecystitis.- 19 Laparoscopic Management of Inguinal Hernias - A Preliminary Report.- 20 Laparoscopic Vagotomy.- 21 Laparoscopic Posterior Truncal Vagotomy and Anterior Seromyotomy.- 22 Laparoscopic Surgery for Perforated Duodenal Ulcer.- 23 Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery.- 24 Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia.- 25 Endoluminal Rectal Surgery.- IV Way Ahead.- 26 Quality of Life and Assessment of Endpoints.- 27 Future Advances in Endoscopic Surgery.

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