Difficult Conditions in Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery

Introduction.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Access.- Difficulties in Anesthesia for Urologic Laparoscopy.- Difficulties in Urologic Laparoscopic Instrumentation.- Cost-Reductive Measures in Laparoscopy: Tips and Tricks for Developing Countries.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Simple Nephrectomy.- Difficulties in Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy.- Difficulties in Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Renal Cyst Removal and Giant Hydronephrosis Nephrectomy.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Simple Prostatectomy.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.- Difficulties in Robotic Radical Prostatectomy.- Difficulties in Robotic-Assisted Nerve-Sparing Radical Prostatectomy.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery in Kidney Transplant Patients and Obese Patients.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Surgery for Urinary Stones.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Ureteral and Bladder Reconstruction.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Ureterolysis and Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Management of Vesicovaginal Fistula.- Difficulties in the Laparoscopic Treatment of Female Genital Prolaspe.- Difficulties in Pediatric Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery.- Difficulties in Single Port Laparoscopic Procedures.- Difficulties in Urologic Laparoscopy Complications.- Difficulties in Laparoscopic Training, Mentoring, and Medico-Legal Issues.-

Ahmed Al-Kandari FRCS(C) B.M., B.Ch: Assistant Professor of Urologic Surgery at Kuwait Univeristy, and Consultant in the Urology Unit of Adan Hospital, Kuwait. Inderbir Gill, M.D., M.Ch: Chairman of the Glickman Urological Institute Cleveland Clinic, Ohio. Following residencies in his native India and America, Dr Gill was appointed a fellow at the Cleveland Institute in 1997, specialising in laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery of the adrenal gland, kidney, prostate and bladder. He is already the author and editor of several leading works in this area, including the Textbook of Laparoscopic Urology (Informa Healthcare, 2006) and the DVD-accompanied Atlas of Laparoscopic Urology (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2006), and has done a number of projects with us here at Springer (i.e. Contemporary Interventional Ultrasonography in Urology, 2008 & Tips and Tricks in Laparoscopi Urology, Kumar & Gill 2007).

Dr Arvind P. Ganpule is currently, Vice- Chairman, Department of Urology and Chief, Division of laparoscopic and robotic surgery at the Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital (MPUH), Nadiad, India. Dr Arvind Ganpule is a postgraduate guide for urology trainees at MPUH Nadiad, India. He has 115 pubmed indexed publications to his credit in reputed peer reviewed National and International Journals .In addition, he has authored 23 book chapters and edited one book. He was a lead investigator in the largest epidemiological study in India, investigating the natural history of BPH in western India. He has innovated a novel low cost retrieval bag in laparoscopy.(known as the Nadiad bag) He was involved with the team at MPUH, Nadiad India in developing the microperc system with Polydiagnost GmBH. He has one patent filed with Indian patent office. He is on the Editoral board of Indian journal of urology(IJU) and Journal of minimal access surgery(JMAS).He has been on the editorial board of SpringerPLUS since past three months. He was named the" Best national

"The Editors solicited many contributors from a wide range of esteemed, well-respected and experienced urologic laparoscopic and/or robotic surgeons to discuss the difficult situations one may encounter during a certain operation, and also offer tips and tricks on how to handle these circumstances and respective trouble-shooting approaches. ... One of the advantages of this book is that it can be an excellent reference when urologists face uncommon challenging cases." (Jeff Shihchieh Chueh, Urology, August, 2018)