Minimally invasive surgery has become a common term in visceral as well as gynecologic surgery. It has almost evolved into its own surgical speciality over the past 20 years. Today, being firmly established in every subspeciality of visceral surgery, it is now no longer a distinct skillset, but a fixed part of the armamentarium of surgical options available. In every indication, the advantages of a minimally invasive approach include reduced intraoperative blood loss, less postoperative pain, and shorter rehabilitation times, as well as a marked reduction of overall and surgical postoperative morbidity. In the advent of modern oncologic treatment algorithms, these effects not only lower the immediate impact that an operation has on the patient, but also become important key steps in reducing the side-effects of surgery. Thus, they enable surgery to become a module in modern multi-disciplinary cancer treatment, which blends into multimodular treatment options at different times and prolongs and widens the possibilities available to cancer patients. In this quickly changing environment, the requirement to learn and refine not only open surgical but also different minimally invasive techniques on high levels deeply impact modern surgical training pathways. The use of modern elearning tools and new and praxis-based surgical training possibilities have been readily integrated into modern surgical education, which persists throughout the whole surgical career of modern gynecologic and visceral surgery specialists.

1. Endoluminal Bariatric Surgery: Emerging Trends and Techniques 2. The Minimal Access Surgical Skills--What is the Optimal Training Technique Today? 3. Training and Assessment Path in Minimal Access Surgery: From Basic and Advanced to Specialty Procedures 4. Laparoscopic Entry: Current Perspectives of Safe Access Techniques 5. 3D Vision Versus 2D Vision in Minimal Access Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study 6. Hernia in Obesity: Recent Guidelines 7. Minimal Access Surgery in Recurrent Inguinal Hernia 8. Endoscopic versus Surgical Procedures for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 9. Management Options for Complications and Failure of Surgery for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 10. laparoscopic Vagal Sparing Total Gastrectomy: Patient Selection and Operative Technique 11. Bariatric Surgery in Diabetes 12. The Indications for Reoperation and the Outcomes of Roux-en-Y as a Rescue Procedure 13. Reoperative Bariatric Surgery 14. Current Trends in the Management of Gallstones with Concomitant Bile Duct Stones 15. The Technique of Minimal Access Hepatectomy 16. Recent Advances in the Role of Laparoscopy in Oncological Sciences 17. Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery 18. A Review on Long-term Outcomes of Laparoscopic Surgery in Colorectal Cancer 19. Medicolegal Dilemmas for Minimal Access Surgery Surgeons 20. The "Triple-track Technique for Laparoscopic Proctocolectomy" in Colonic Neoplasia: Optimizing Minimal Access Surgical Oncology Index

The implementation of laparoscopy has revolutionized surgery over the past few years, incorporating significant benefits for the patient. However, this evolution has also entailed many technical obstacles for surgeons. This book is for readers wanting to learn more about recent surgical techniques and technologies. Topics cover novel sophisticated approaches for single-site surgery, natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, and transanal surgery, among others. Also included are reviews of new innovative surgical devices, robotic platforms, and methodological guidelines for improving surgical performance and surgeon ergonomics.

Laparoscopic colectomy has been introduced in the early 90ies as a new technique with proven improvement in short and long term outcome. Despite significant patient benefits the overall adoption rate remains low. On the other hand significant more advanced techniques such as single incision laparoscopy, robotics and transanal access surgery have been introduced in the last several years and are rapidly evolving. Therefore a significant gap between the practicing community surgeon and innovator seems to exist. Advanced Techniques in Minimally Invasive and Robotic Colorectal Surgery bridges that gap and provides a foundation summarizing and organizing all classic and new techniques in minimally invasive colorectal surgery available in literature and from masters within the field.It provides tips and tricks that allow the user to move up the learning curve, manage difficult scenarios, overcome challenges, increase the utilization of minimal invasive techniques and decrease the conversion to open surgery. By enhancing the surgical tool box the surgeon will be able to progress from the novice to the master. Rather than describing operative procedures which may be very biased by an individual author, the guide provides alternative building blocks of various difficulty for different procedures which can be then tailored to the patient and surgeon`s own comfort level and experience. Advanced Techniques in Minimally Invasive and Robotic Colorectal Surgery will serve as a inspirational guide for the innovator of the future. It will allow surgeons of all levels to better adapt to inevitable changes in future techniques and will be of great value to general surgeons, colon and rectal surgeons, minimally invasive surgeons as well as residents and fellows.

Minimal access surgery is completed with one or more small incisions instead of a large incision. The surgeon passes a telescope with a video camera through a small incision into a body cavity. The surgeon then views the surgery on a TV monitor. Minimally invasive surgery offers patients several benefits such as smaller incisions, faster recovery times, reduced pain and scarring. In many cases, minimally invasive surgery also offers a higher accuracy rate compared to traditional open surgery. Part of the Recent Advances series, this volume is a comprehensive guide to the latest advances in minimal access surgery. Divided into 18 sections, the book covers minimal access surgery for many conditions, predominantly different types of cancer such as rectal carcinoma, biliary cancer, neuroendocrine tumours, cancer of the oesophagus, and gastric cancer. Other topics include rectal prolapse, gastric bypass, super obesity and weight-loss surgery, and novel diagnostics for small bowel disease. The highly illustrated text features more than 160 clinical photographs and figures to assist learning. Key points Second volume in Recent Advances in Minimal Access Surgery series Covers surgical procedures for a multitude of cancers and other disorders Highly illustrated with more than 160 clinical photographs and figures Volume 1 (9789352709830) published in 2019

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2014The development of new techniques as well as the refinement of established procedures has led to great progress in cardiac surgery. Providing an ideal synopsis of the growth in this area, Cardiac Surgery: Recent Advances and Techniques systematically reviews all the new developments in cardiac surgery,

Radiologists, orthopedic and neurological surgeons present the different minimally invasive methods. Peripheral nerve problems and problems concerning differential diagnosis in special situations such as between radicular and peripheral nerve trunk lesions are discussed, pinpointing the significance of different diagnostic tools. Minimally invasive techniques, utilized nowadays to minimize bone demolition, scarring and risk of recurrence are analyzed. Microdiscectomy is compared with the results of intradiscal techniques, and new methods are discussed facing problems such as epidural fibrotisation, microinstability, osteoporotic or neoplastic or posttraumatic vertebral lesions.