Recent Advances in Minimal Access Surgery

Book excerpt: 1. Endoluminal Bariatric Surgery: Emerging Trends and Techniques 2. The Minimal Access Surgical Skills--What is the Optimal Training Technique Today? 3. Training and Assessment Path in Minimal Access Surgery: From Basic and Advanced to Specialty Procedures 4. Laparoscopic Entry: Current Perspectives of Safe Access Techniques 5. 3D Vision Versus 2D Vision in Minimal Access Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study 6. Hernia in Obesity: Recent Guidelines 7. Minimal Access Surgery in Recurrent Inguinal Hernia 8. Endoscopic versus Surgical Procedures for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 9. Management Options for Complications and Failure of Surgery for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 10. laparoscopic Vagal Sparing Total Gastrectomy: Patient Selection and Operative Technique 11. Bariatric Surgery in Diabetes 12. The Indications for Reoperation and the Outcomes of Roux-en-Y as a Rescue Procedure 13. Reoperative Bariatric Surgery 14. Current Trends in the Management of Gallstones with Concomitant Bile Duct Stones 15. The Technique of Minimal Access Hepatectomy 16. Recent Advances in the Role of Laparoscopy in Oncological Sciences 17. Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery 18. A Review on Long-term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Surgery in Colorectal Cancer 19. Medicolegal Dilemmas for Minimal Access Surgery Surgeons 20. The "Triple-track Technique for Laparoscopic Proctocolectomy" in Colonic Neoplasia: Optimizing Minimal Access Surgical Oncology Index