Minimally Invasive Surgical Oncology

1. Minimally Invasive Surgery – The Pioneers
George Berci, Masanobu Hagiike

2. Evolution of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Its Impact on Surgical Residency Training
Adrian E. Park, Tommy H. Lee

3. Laparoscopy and Research in Surgical Oncology: Current State of the Art and Future Trends
Dominic King, Henry Lee, Ara Darzi

4. Moral and Ethical Issues in Laparoscopy and Advanced Surgical Technologies
Richard M. Satava

5. Robotic Applications in Surgical Oncology
Scott J. Belsley

6. Laparoscopy and Malignancy – General Aspects
Shigeru Tsunoda, Glyn G. Jamieson

7. Laparoscopy and Immunology
Michael J. Grieco, Richard Larry Whelan

8. Pneumoperitoneum and Its Effects on Malignancy
Alan T. Lefor, Atsushi Shimizu

9. Laparoscopy in the Elderly
Michael Ujiki, Nathaniel Soper

10. Transluminal Surgery: Is There a Place for Oncological Procedures?
Patricia Sylla, David W. Rattner

11. Cancer of the Esophagus and the Gastroesophageal Junction: Two-cavity Approach
Christopher R. Morse, Omar Awais, James D. Luketich

12. Cancer of the Esophagus and the Gastroesophageal Junction: Transhiatal Approach
Lee Swanstrom, Michael Ujiki

13. Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy – LADG

Mutter Didier, O. A. Burckhardt, Perretta Silvana

14. Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy – LATG

Seigo Kitano, Norio Shiraishi, Koji Kawaguchi, Kazuhiro Yasuda

15. Endoluminal Procedures for Early Gastric Cancer
Brian J. Dunkin, Rohan Joseph

16. Laparoscopic Management of Small Bowel Tumors
Miguel Burch, Brian Carmine, Daniel Mishkin, Ronald Matteotti

17. Right Hemicolectomy and Appendix
Antonio M. Lacy

18. Left Hemicolectomy and Sigmoid Colon
Joel Leroy, Ronan Cahill, Jacques Marescaux

19. Laparoscopic Rectal Procedures
Rolv-Ole Lindsetmo, Conor P. Delaney

20. General Considerations
Jonathan P. Pearl, Jeffrey L. Ponsky

21. Liver: Nonanatomical Resection
Fumihiko Fujita, Susumu Eguchi, Yoshitsugu Tajima, Takashi Kanematsu

22. Liver – Anatomical Liver Resections
Bruto Randone, Ronald Matteotti, Brice Gayet

23. Cancer of the Gallbladder and Extrahepatic Bile Ducts
Andrew A. Gumbs, Angel M. Rodriguez-Rivera, John P. Hoffman

24. Spleen: Hematological Disorders
Eduardo M. Targarona, Carmen Balague, Manuel Trias

25. Cancer of the Thyroid
Prashant Sinha, William B. Inabnet

26. Cancer of the Parathyroid
Paolo Miccoli, Gabriele Materazzi, Piero Berti

27. Cancer of the Pancreas: Distal Resections and Staging of Pancreatic Cancer
Vivian E. Strong, Joshua Carson, Peter J. Allen

28. Cancer of the Pancreas: The Whipple Procedure
Michael L. Kendrick

29. Cancer of the Adrenal Gland
Ronald Matteotti, Luca Milone, Daniel Canter, Michel Gagner

30. Minimally Invasive Management of Gynecologic Malignancies
Farr Reza Nezhat, Jennifer Eun Sun Cho, Connie Liu, Gabrielle Gossner

31. Cancer of the Kidney
Daniel J. Canter, Robert G. Uzzo

32. Cancer of the Prostate
Gino J. Vricella, Lee E. Ponsky

33. Cancer of the Urinary Bladder
Kevin P. Asher, David S. Wang

34. Minimally Invasive Management of Pediatric Malignancies
Arjun Khosla, Todd A. Ponsky, Steven S. Rothenberg

35. Minimally Invasive Management of Intra-Thoracic Malignancies
Philip A. Linden

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