Main description:

The much-anticipated revision of the second edition of The SAGES Manual: Fundamentals of Laparoscopy, Thoracoscopy, and GI Endoscopy, has been completely restructured, reorganized, and revised.

The Manual has been split into two volumes for better portability. Volume I, Basic Laparoscopy and Endoscopy covers the fundamentals and procedures performed during surgical residency. Volume I will be the first volume used by students, residents, and allied healthcare professional trainees. Material has been added to these fundamentals and procedures that will also be of interest to experienced surgeons.

Volume II, Advanced Laparoscopy and Endoscopy covers more advanced procedures, generally taught during fellowship.

All of the sections have been reorganized with a critical eye to the needs of the modern minimal access surgeon. Two new editors have been added. Chapters have been revised by both new authors as well as many stalwart authors from previous editions.

These portable handbooks cover all of the major laparoscopic and flexible endoscopic procedures in easy-to-read format. Indications, patient preparation, operative techniques, and strategies for avoiding and managing complications are included for the complete spectrum of both "gold standard" and emerging procedures in diagnostic and therapeutic laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, and endoscopy.

The scope, detail, and quality of the contributions confirm and demonstrate the SAGES commitment to surgical education. This manual is sure to find a home in the pocket, locker or briefcase of all gastrointestinal endoscopic surgeons and residents.

Contents:

Part I: Basic Laparoscopy and Endoscopy: General Principles
1. Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS)
Jeffrey M. Marks

2. Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Jo Buyske

3. Equipment Setup and Troubleshooting
Mohan C. Airan

4. Ergonomics in Operating Room Design
Erica R. H. Sutton and Adrian E. Park

5. Access to Abdomen
Nathaniel J. Soper

6. Generation of Working Space: Extraperitoneal Approaches
David M. Brams and Amelia Husic

7. Single-Site Access Surgery
James A. Dickerson, Chan W. Park, and Aurora D. Pryor

8. Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery
Carol E. H. Scott-Connor

9. Laparoscopic Hemostasis: Energy Sources
James G. Bittner, IV, Michael M. Awad, and J. Esteban Varela

10. Laparoscopic Hemostasis: Hemostatic Products and Adjuncts
Thadeus L. Trus

11. Principles of Tissue Approximation: Suturing
William C. Beck and Michael D. Holzman

12. Other Devices for Tissue Approximation
Byron F. Santos and Eric S. Hungness

13. Documentation
Minh B. Luu and Daniel J. Deziel

14. Laparoscopic During Pregnancy
Carmen L. Mueller and Allan Okrainec

15. Previous Abdominal Surgery
Eric S. Hungness

16. Robotics in Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery
Andreas Kirakopolous and W. Scott Melvin

Part II. Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Biopsy
17. Emergency Laparoscopy
Brian T. Valerian and Steven C. Stain

18. Elective Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Cancer Staging
Frederick L. Greene and Drew Honaker

19. Lymph Node Biopsy, Dissection, Staging Laparoscopy
Lee L. Swanstrom

Part III. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Common Duct Exploration
20. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Pradeep Pallati and Dmitry Oleynikov

21. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Avoiding Complications Jessemae Walsh and Joseph J. Cullen

22. Cholangiography
Rahul Gupta, Daniel B. Jones, and Mark P. Callery

23. Laparoscopic Ultrasound of Biliary Tree
Michael Lalla and Maurice E. Arregui

24. Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration: Trancystic Duct Approach
Joseph B. Petelin and Timothy Mayfield

25. Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration (LCBDE) via Choledochotomy
Richard A. Alexander, Karla Russek, and Morris E. Franklin, Jr.

Part IV. Basic Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery
26. Laparoscopic Gastrostomy
Sajida Ahad and John D. Mellinger

27. Laparoscopic Plication of Perforated Ulcer
I. Bulent Cetindag and John D. Mellinger

Part V. Basic Laparoscopic Procedures of the Small Intestine, Appendix, Colon
28. Small Bowel Resection, Enterolysis and Enteroenterostomy
Bruce David Schirmer

29. Placement of Jejunostomy Tube
Bruce David Schirmer

30. Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Jessica K. Smith

31. Laparoscopic Colostomy
John Byrn

Part VI. Hernia Repair
32. Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) and Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP)
Nathanial Stoikes and L. Michael Brunt

33. Laparoscopic Repair of Ventral Hernia
Michael J. Rosen

Part VII. Pediatric Laparoscopy and Endoscopy
34. Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery: General Considerations
John J. Meehan

35. Pediatric Laparoscopy: Specific Surgical Procedures
John J. Meehan

36. Complications in Pediatric MIS
John J. Meehan

Part VIII. Flexible Endoscopy: General Principles
37. Flexible Endoscopes: Characteristics, Troubleshooting, Equipment Care
Gary C. Vitale and Brian R. Davis

38. Endoscopy Handling
Kevin M. El-Hayek, John Rodriguez, and Bipan Chand

39. Monitoring, Sedation, and Recovery
Jennifer Hrabe and Joseph J. Cullen

40. Flexible Endoscopy: Principles of Documentation
Raphael Sun and Joseph J. Cullen

Part IX. Flexible Endoscopy: Basic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
41. Diagnostic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Jarrod Wall and John D. Mellinger

42. Percutaneous Endoscopic Feeding Tube Placement
Melissa S. Phillips, Bipan Chand, and Jeffrey L. Ponsky

43. Capsule Enteroscopy
Jeremy A. Warren and Bruce V. MacFadyen, Jr.

Part X. Flexible Endoscopy: Basic Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
44. Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
John A. Coller

45. Diagnostic Colonoscopy
Aman Banerjee, Melissa S. Phillips and Jeffrey M. Marks

46. Therapeutic Colonoscopy and Its Complications
Aaron S. Fink

APPENDIX: SAGES resources
SAGES Guidelines
SAGES Patient Education Material