Endosurgery for Cancer

Steve Eubanks, Ricardo Vitor Cohen, Riad N. Younes, Fredrick Brody9781570595257, 1-57059-525-9

This handbooks presents new material in the rapidly changing field of laporoscopy and surgical oncology. Eubanks (Duke U.), Ricardo V. Cohen and Riad N. Younes (U. of Sao Paulo), and Fredrick Brody (Cleveland Clinic) have selected contributors from several continents and numerous countries to provide a broad perspective on topics including general concepts and physiologic alterations, hand assist devices, complications and controversies, and staging and treating specific malignancies.

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Table of contents :
Front Cover……Page 1
Inside Cover……Page 2
Copyright © 1999 Landes Bioscience……Page 3
Dedication……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
Contributors……Page 10
Foreword……Page 14
Preface……Page 16
1 Surgical Oncology: Role of Videolaparoscopy……Page 17
2 Physiologic Alterations Associated with Laparoscopy……Page 44
3 Laparoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Ascites and Peritoneal Malignancies……Page 53
4 Lymphoma Staging: Basic Features……Page 63
5 Laparoscopic Management of Lymphomas……Page 65
6 Videolaparoscopy and Pancreatic Cancer……Page 73
7 Laparoscopic Assessment of Tumors of the Pancreatic Head……Page 86
8 Laparoscopy in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatobiliary Malignancies……Page 91
9 Laparoscopic Treatment of Colorectal Malignancies……Page 123
10 Laparoscopy and Gastric Cancer: Perspectives and Controversies……Page 128
11 Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Gastrectomy……Page 140
12 Laparoscopic Adrenal Surgery……Page 156
13 Videolaparoscopy in Kidney Tumors……Page 168
14 Laparoscopic Surgery in Kidney Cancer……Page 179
15 Endosurgery and Pediatric Oncology……Page 184
16 Complications of Videolaparoscopy……Page 193
17 Role of Laparoscopic Ultrasound in Minimal Access Surgery: Overview……Page 195
18 Biology of Videothoracoscopy……Page 210
19 Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery for Lung Cancer……Page 215
20 VATS in Malignant Pleural Disease……Page 220
21 Laparoscopic Approach to Esophageal Cancer……Page 224
22 Videoendoscopy for Mediastinal Cysts and Tumors……Page 234
23 Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery for Malignant Pericardial Effusion……Page 244
24 Complications in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy……Page 249
Index……Page 253
Back Cover……Page 257