Minimally Invasive Surgical Oncology is aimed at the minimal invasive surgeon as well as at the general surgeon and surgical trainee who wish to explore this field. It covers disciplines like gastroenterology, gynecology, urology, thoracic and pediatrics and builds bridges to oncologists and internal medicine. It gives a state-of-the art overview and perspectives for future developments and research as well. The book serves as an operative guide for a new generation of surgeons and offers the extraordinary feature being a text book, an operative atlas and a quick reference guide as well. The reader is provided with a tool in hand which synthesizes the latest knowledge in traditional therapies like chemotherapies and gives a comprehensive overview how to proceed in treating a cancer patient using minimal access techniques.

Preface

Foreword
Part A - General Topics: Minimal Invasive Surgery - The Pioneers
Evolution of Minimal Invasive Surgery and its Impact on Surgical Residency Training
Laparoscopy and Research in Surgical Oncology: Current State-of- the-Art and Future Trends
Moral and Ethical Issues in Laparoscopy and Advanced Surgical Technologies
Robotic Application in Surgical Oncology
Laparoscopy and Malignany-General Aspects
Laparoscopy and Immunology
Pneumoperitoneum and its Effects on Malignancy
Laparoscopy in the Elderly
Transluminal Surgery: Is there a Place for Oncological Procedures? - Part B Special Topics: Cancer of the Esophagus and the Gastro-Esophageal Junction: Two Cavity Approach
Transhital Approach
Cancer of the Stomach: Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy - LADG
Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy - LATG
Endoluminal Procedures for Early Gastric Cancer
Small Bowel: Cancer of the Small Bowel/Carcinoid.-- Cancer of the Colon and Rectum: Right Hemicolectomy and Appendix
Left Hemicolectomy and Sigmoid Colon
Surgery of the Rectum
Cancer of the Hepato-Biliary System: General Considerations
Liver - Non-anatomical Resection
Liver - Anatomical Resection
Cancer of the Gallbladder and Extrahepatic Bile Ducts
Sleen: Sleen - Hematological Disorders
Endocrinology: Cancer of the Thyroid
Cancer of the Parathyroid
Cancer of the Pancreas - Distal Resection and Staging of Pancreatic Cancer
Cancer of the Pancreas - The Whipple Procedure
Cancer of the Adrenal Gland
Gynecology: Minimal Invasive Management of Gynecologic Malignancies
Urology: Cancer of the Kidney
Cancer of the Prostate
Cancer of teh Urinary Bladder
Pediatrics: Minimal Invasive Management of Pediatric Malignancies
Lung and Mediastinum: Minimal Invasive Management of Intra-Thoracic Malignanicies
Index.