Minimally Invasive Approaches to Colon and Rectal Disease

Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Foreword.- Pre-operative.- Perioperative Assessment.- Patient Positioning, Instrumentation, and Trocar placement.- Surgical Anatomy.- Right Colectomy: Straight Laparoscopic.- Right Colectomy: Hand-Assist.- Laparoscopic Left/Sigmoid Colectomy.- Hand Assisted Left Colectomy.- Total Abdominal Colectomy: Straight Laparoscopic Approach.- Total Abdominal Colectomy: Hand Assisted Approach.- Operative Details of Laparoscopic Rectal Resection for Cancer.- Laparoscopic Hand-Assisted Low Anterior Resection.- Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Resection.- Laparoscopic Proctocolectomy.- Laparoscopic Rectopexy.- Minimally Invasive Approach for Stoma Creation.- Laparoscopic Stomal Reversal.- Laparoscopic Parastomal Hernia Repair.- Overcoming Technical Challenges: The Abdomen.- Overcoming Technical Challenges: The Pelvis.- Overcoming Technical Challenges: Reoperative Surgery.- Overcoming Technical Challenges: Prevention and Managing Complications.- Single-Incision Laparoscopic Approaches to Colorectal Disease.- Natural Orifice Surgery (NOTES).- Robotic Surgery.- Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS): Operative Technique, Pitfalls, and Tips.- Combined Endo-Laparoscopic Surgery (CELS).- Emergency Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery.- Laparoscopy in the Elderly Patient.- Laparoscopic Colectomy in the Obese Patient.- Minimally Invasive Surgery in Crohn's Disease Patients.- Minimally Invasive Surgery in Ulcerative Colitis Patients.- Minimally Invasive Approaches to Colon and Rectal Disease: Techniques and Best Practices - Pediatrics.- Laparoscopy in Pregnant Patients.- Economics of Laparoscopic Colectomy.- Outcomes of Laparoscopic Surgery.- Future Directions in Minimally Invasive Surgery.

Howard M. Ross, MD, FACS, FASCRSHoward M. Ross, MD, FACS, FASCRS Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal SurgeryProfessor of SurgerySurgical Director, Digestive Diseases CenterTemple University School of MedicinePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania USASang W. Lee, MD, FACS, FASCRS Associate Professor of Surgery and Associate Attending SurgeonNewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical CenterVice Chief of Colon & Rectal SurgeryWeill Cornell Medical College New York, New York USA Matthew G. Mutch, MD, FACS, FASCRS Associate Professor of Surgery Section of Colon and Rectal SurgeryWashington University School of MedicineDepartment of SurgerySt. Louis, Missouri USA David E. Rivadeneira, MD, MBA, FACS, FASCRSVice Chair of Suffolk County Surgical Strategic Initiatives for North Shore LIJ Health SystemDirector of Surgical Services at Huntington HospitalDirector of Colon & Rectal Surgery at Huntington HospitalProfessor of Surgery, Hofstra School of Medicine Huntington Hospital/North Shore-LIJHuntington, New York Scott R. Steele, M.D., FACS, FASCRSChief, Colon & Rectal Surgery Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WAClinical Associate Professor of SurgeryUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WAOlympia, Washington USA

From the book reviews:

"This book provides the critical information needed for minimally invasive colorectal surgery, not only procedural steps, but also relevant information on the tools, anatomic points, and special situations. ... The audience includes all levels of surgeons, from trainees to professors, and is geared for all those who perform colon and rectal procedures. ... This book stands alone and will be referenced frequently. It is clearly written and covers all the facets of minimally invasive colorectal surgery." (Jennifer Erin Hrabe, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2015)