Laparoscopic Surgery

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Biliary Surgery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Avoidance of Complications in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

      • Margret Oddsdottir

      Pages 3-12

   3. Common Bile Duct Stones: Endoscopic Extraction or Laparoscopic Management

      • Andreas A. Polydorou

      Pages 13-29

   4. Techniques and Results of Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration

      • Joseph B. Petelin

      Pages 30-48

   5. Operative Strategy for Acute Cholecystitis and Other Difficult Situations

      • James C. Rosser Jr.

      Pages 49-63

   6. Bile Duct Injuries

      • Ioannis G. Kaklamanos, Dana K. Andersen

      Pages 64-83

3. Gastric and Esophageal Surgery

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Endogastric Surgery

      • Margret Oddsdottir

      Pages 87-94

   3. Anatomy and Clinical Outcomes in Surgery for Esophageal Reflux

      • Rifat Latifi, James C. Rosser Jr., Harold Brem

      Pages 95-102

   4. Pathophysiology of Esophageal Reflux

      • James C. Rosser Jr., Rifat Latifi, Harold Brem

      Pages 103-114

   5. Technique of Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication

      • James C. Rosser Jr., Harold Brem

      Pages 115-125

   6. Laparoscopic Esophageal Surgery in Achalasia

      • Margret Oddsdottir

      Pages 126-133

   7. Laparoscopic Transhiatal Esophagectomy

      • Joseph B. Petelin

      Pages 134-143

   8. Laparoscopic Ulcer Surgery

      • Theodore Diamantis

      Pages 144-156

   9. Laparoscopic Band Plication for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

      • Konstantinos Konstantinidis, Michael Vorias, George Sambalis, Michael Georgiou

      Pages 157-164

4. Other Abdominal Procedures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. In Search of a Role for Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair

      • Rifat Latifi, Harold Brem, James C. Rosser Jr.

      Pages 167-179

   3. Laparoscopic Colectomy for Benign and Malignant Disease

      • Joseph B. Petelin

      Pages 180-191

   4. Laparoscopic Splenectomy

      • Periclis J. Tzardis, Vasillis Laopodis

      Pages 192-203

In May 1997 the Faculty of Surgery from the University of Athens and elsewhere gathered with colleagues in Athens for the third time in 6 years to continue our discussions on the progress, problems, realization, and future of laproscopic surgery. The topics were rather inclusive with regard to the issues that defined the field, and the assembled investigators, educa­ tors, and clinicians brought a rich experience and clear vision of the field in the coming years. The decision had been made months before to collect our thoughts and experience as a colloquium of the state of laproscopic surgery in the tenth year following the report of Mouret on laparoscopic cholecy­ stectomy, not as the proceedings of the specific meeting. At the end of a decade of mercurial advance, heated debate, professional turmoil, and very little science, it was clear that general surgery would never be the same. Laproscopic surgery is now fully established and requires accommodation in the curriculum, practice, and research of surgery for the foreseeable future. This book is called a colloquium on laparoscopy because it collects the thoughts of many workers in the form of consensus presentations. It is offered to any surgeon who is ready to survey this field with clear eyes, absent of emotion or hyperbole, in our evolution of a better standard of care for surgical patients.

• Surgery
• anatomy
• endoscopy
• laparoscopic surgery
• minimally invasive surgery
• robotics

• Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA

  Ronald C. Merrell, Robert M. Olson

Policies and ethics