Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Esophageal Carcinoma

Surgeons will find a step-by-step guide to minimally invasive laparoscopy with more than 500 operative photographs. New chapters devoted to anaesthesia, suturing and additional literature are included.

The main aim of this book is standardization of the procedure with stress on simplification and ease of performing the surgery. In oncology, the principles and steps of an operative procedure should remain the same; though the modality may change, be it either open surgery or laparoscopy. Thus, in this book the patient position and procedural steps are devised to mimic open surgery as far as possible. This makes it easier for the oesophageal surgeon performing surgeries by the open technique to get converted into a thoracoscopic laparoscopic surgeon. This atlas will be a step by step guide for a surgeon who wishes to perform laparoscopy with more than 500 operative photographs.

Surgery for Cancer of the Esophagus: "The Continuing Evolution".- Minimally Invasive Surgery in Esophageal Cancer: World Literature.- Staplers in Gasto-esophageal Cancer Surgery.- Thoracoscopic and Laparoscopic Esophagectomy with Two-Field Nodal Clearance.- Laparoscopic Transhiatal Esophagectomy.- Cancer in Prone Decubitus Position: Operative Technique.- Laparoscopic Transhiatal Resection for Distal and Gastro-Esophageal Junction Cancer: The Operative Technique.- Robot-Assisted Thoracolaparaoscopic Esophagectomy.