Steve Eubanks
Duke University

About this Book

This handbook provides surgeons with updated information about the current status, perspectives and controversies for staging and treating cancer through minimal access procedures. The authors discuss the biology of minimal access, techniques, the equipment used, the perspectives and controversies surrounding the procedures in cancer management.

Table of Contents

Surgical Oncology: Role of Videolaparoscopy
Yoshikazu Noguchi, Kuniyasu Fukuzawa, Takiki Yoshikawa, Riad N. Younes

Physiologic Alterations Associated with Laparoscopy
Martin J. Heslin and Paul Armstrong

Laparoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Ascites and Peritoneal Malignancies
Frederick L. Greene

Lymphoma Staging: Basic Features
Jacques Tabacof, Ricardo Vitor Cohen, Aldo Junqueira Rodrigues Jr

Laparoscopic Management of Lymphomas
Jeffrey A. Travis, Frederick L. Greene

Videolaparoscopy and Pancreatic Cancer
Kevin C. Conlon, Murray F. Brennan

Laparoscopic Assessment of Tumors of the Pancreatic Head
M.A.Cuesta, P.J.Borgstein, S.Meijer

Laparoscopy in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatobiliary Malignancies
P.J.Borgstein, M.A. Cuesta, S.Meijer

Laparoscopic Treatment of Colorectal Malignancies
Morris E. Franklin Jr and Jorge Balli

Laparoscopy and Gastric Cancer: Perspective and Controversies
Demetrius E.M. Litwin, Peter C. Willsher

Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Gastrectomy
John J. Kelly, Andras Sandor, Demetrius E.M. Litwin

Laparoscopic Adrenal Surgery
S.L. Sugg, D. Litwin

Videolaparoscopy in Kidney Tumors
Anuar Ibrahim Mitre, Lísias Nogueira Castilho

Laparoscopic Surgery in Kidney Cancer
Luciano J. Nesrallah, Miguel Srougi

Endosurgery and Pediatric Oncology
Paulo Chapchap, Ricardo Frank Coelho da Rocha

Complications of Videolaparoscopy
Nilton T. Kawahara, Ricardo V. Cohen, Riad N. Younes, Aldo Junqueira Rodrigues Jr.

Role of Laparoscopic Ultrasound in Minimal Access Surgery: Overview
R. Kolachalam, M.E. Arregui

Tumor Implantation at Laparoscopy: An Introduction
Ricardo V Cohen, Carlos Aurélio Schiavon, Riad Naim Younes

Anesthesia and Laparoscopic Cancer Surgery
Michael A.E. Ramsay, Flavio Takaoka

Biology of Videothoracoscopy
Jefferson Luiz Gross, Riad Naim Younes

Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) for Lung Cancer
Riad N. Younes

VATS in Malignant Pleural Disease
Riad N. Younes

Laparoscopic Approach to Esophageal Cancer
Eugénio A.B. Ferreira

Videoendoscopy for Mediastinal Cysts and Tumors
Anthony P.C. Yim, Anthony T.C. Chan, M. Bashar Izzat

Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) for Malignant Pericardial Effusion
Allen L. Davies

Complications in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy (VATS)
Riad N. Younes

Companion Books

Surgical Oncology
David N. Krag

Chemotherapy Regimens and Cancer Care
Alan D. Langerak, Luke P. Dreisbach

Radioguided Surgery
Eric D Whitman
Douglas Reintgen