Springer Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Esophageal Carcinoma

Surgeons will find a step-by-step guide to minimally invasive laparoscopy with more than 500 operative photographs. New chapters devoted to anaesthesia, suturing and additional literature are included. Review From the reviews:“It is lavishly illustrated with color photos and selected line drawings. … The book is clearly written for advanced practitioners and subspecialty trainees, both laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgeons, and for experienced esophageal surgeons who wish to make the switch to minimal access techniques for management of esophageal carcinoma. … For surgeons seeking clear photos detailing how to do these esophageal carcinoma operations, this is a useful reference … .” (Carol Scott-Conner, Doody’s Review Service, November, 2010) From the Back Cover Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Esophageal Carcinoma provides both an easy-to-follow procedural manual on the laparoscopic techniques for esophageal carcinoma and a comprehensive survey of the field of surgery on esophageal carcinoma. The following procedures are presented, using detailed anatomical photographs and step-by-step descriptions:Laparoscopic Trans-hiatal esophagectomy, Laparoscopic Trans-hiatal Resection for Distal and Gastro-Esophageal Junction Cancer: The Operative Technique, Trans-thoracic esophagectomy with 2 field nodal dissection, Trans-thoracic esophagectomy in the prone position. Throughout the book, the authors emphasise the similarities of the principles and steps between open and laparoscopic surgery, which significantly simplifies the conversion from one practice to the other. The accompanying films of these procedures on the Springer Extras website further enhances understanding of the surgical steps involved. This book also includes a description of anesthesia techniques, a guide to the use of staplers in laparoscopic surgery, a comparison of the energy sources available for laparoscopic surgery and a look forward to the increasing prevalence of robotic surgery for these procedures. A comprehensive and authoritative work on minimally invasive surgery in esophageal carcinoma, this book will prove essential reading for oncosurgeons, thoracoscopic surgeons and laparoscopic surgeons who will be performing these procedures. About the Author Dr. Puntambekar –Consultant Laparoscopic and Oncosurgeon who specializes in surgery and oncosurgery, for the last nine years he has been working as a Consultant in Oncosurgery and as a Associate Professor in King Edward Memorial Hospital in Poona (Pune), India. His field of experience includes general and oncologic procedures for GI, Urology and Gynaecological pathologies. His numerous publications include, Role Of Anterior Exenteration In Advanced And Recurrent Pelvic Cancers (Journal of Pelvic Surgery Sep2002), and Laparoscopic Anterior Exenteration (Gynaecologic Oncology 2006). He is the winner of Golden Laparoscope Award at AAGL meeting in Chicago, USA in 2005 for the best video on ‘laparoscopic ureteroneocystostomy with Psoas hitch’, and has conducted training for the International Laparoscopic Surgeons at the Galaxy Laparoscopy Institute since July 2005. At present, his Pune centre is famous for the workshops it conducts in the field of laparoscopic oncosurgery.