Springer Atlas of Single-Incision Laparoscopic Operations in General Surgery

This atlas presents 2,000 single-incision laparoscopic operations in general surgery performed from 2008 to 2013 in Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University. For each surgery, authors detail key steps, complications and management. Review From the reviews:“This comprehensive book describes single incision laparoscopic approaches to a wide range of pathologies that general surgeons encounter. In each case, the book details the basic steps of the procedure with accompanying representative images from actual cases of the contributing authors. … Advanced laparoscopic surgeons are the intended audience. … This book does an adequate job of presenting readers with the necessary steps for the completion of many operations.” (Peter Nau, Doody’s Book Reviews, February, 2014) From the Back Cover This atlas presents an extensive collection of single-incision laparoscopic operations in general surgery performed from 2008 to 2013 in Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University. 2000 operations are reported in it. All the figures in it were collected using real time recordings of the operations which will be particularly interesting to the readers. In each specific surgery, authors provide its key surgical steps, complications and management and contraindication. This atlas is intended for clinical surgeons who can evolve these operations soon after reading about them. Patients will also benefit from this book because of the combination of minimal invasiveness and cosmetic effect of single-incision laparoscopic surgery.   Editor Shuodong Wu is a professor serves as Director of the Department of Minimal Invasive and Biliary Surgery, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. Editor Ying Fan and Yu Tian are associate professors at the same hospital. About the Author Editor Shuodong Wu is a professor serves as Director of the Department of Minimal Invasive and Biliary Surgery, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. Editor Ying Fan and Yu Tian are associate professors at the same hospital.