Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery

Are you interested in using NOTES to treat your patients? Do you need a multimedia tool to guide you through all aspects of clinical management? Just as laparoscopic surgery revolutionized surgical practice in the 1980’s and 90’s, offering genuine competition to traditional open surgery, Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) presents a genuinely different alternative for surgeons and patients alike as we move forward in the 21st century. Advantages over laparoscopic surgery include lower anesthesia requirements, faster recovery and shorter hospital stays, avoidance of transabdominal wound infections, less immunosuppression, better postoperative pulmonary and diaphragmatic function and of course, the potential for "scarless" abdominal surgery. Combining high-level text with a superb companion website, Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES): Textbook and Video-Atlas provides you with a hands-on, in-depth and practical multimedia tool on this exciting breakthrough, to consult either on the ward or in surgery. Highlights include: Full coverage of the fundamentals of NOTES, its current clinical applications and techniques, and future perspectives Over 50 outstanding videos illustrating NOTES being performed by the experts Full-color throughout and superbly illustrated with over 250 figures Edited by global leaders and pioneers in the field, who have recruited a world-class contributor team As well being a valuable text for gastroenterologists, GI surgeons and general surgeons, Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES): Textbook and Video-Atlas will also appeal to urologists, urologic surgeons, gynecologists, gynecologic surgeons, thoracic and ENT surgeons. Anthony N. Kalloo, MD (Editor), Jacques Marescaux, MD, (Hon) FRCS, FACS, (Hon) JSES (Editor), Ricardo Zorron, MD, PhD (Editor) CONTENTS Section 1: Development of NOTES Concept 1 History of NOTES Xavier Dray, Anthony N. Kalloo 2 Endoscopic Platforms for NOTES Pankaj J. Pasricha, Homero Rivas 3 Physiology of NOTES Juliane Bingener, Angela M. Johnson 4 Infection Control in NOTES Peter N. Nau, Jeffrey W. Hazey 5 NOTES Access Techniques Eduardo A. Bonin, Christopher J. Gostout 6 NOTES Closure Techniques Erwin Rieder, Lee L. Swanstrom 7 Minilaparoscopy in the Endoscopy Unit Arthur Hoffman, Ralf Kiesslich 8 Single Port Laparoscopy Ricardo Zorron, Katherine Gash, Anthony R. Dixon 9 Computer Assisted NOTES: From Augmented Reality to Automation Luc Soler, Stéphane Nicolau, Michel de Mathelin, Jacques Marescaux Section 2: Current Clinical Applications and Techniques 10 NOTES for Peritoneal Exploration Seigo Kitano, Kazuhiro Yasuda 11 NOTES Cholecystectomy Bernard Dallemagne, Jacques Marescaux 12 NOTES Appendectomy Jörn Bernhardt, Holger Steffen, Sylke Schneider-Koriath, Kaja Ludwig 13 NOTES Applications in Colorectal Surgery Joël Leroy, Michele Diana, James Wall 14 NOTES Applied for Rectal Surgery Patricia Sylla 15 Bariatric NOTES Procedures Michel Vix, James Wall, Jacques Marescaux 16 Urologic Applications of NOTES Candace F. Granberg, Mitchell R. Humphreys, Matthew T. Gettman 17 Gynecologic Applications of NOTES Antoine Watrelot, Géraldine Chauvin, Arnaud Wattiez 18 NOTES Thyroidectomy Tahar Benhidjeb, Michael Stark Section 3: Perspectives on NOTES 19 Emerging NOTES Applications Ricardo Zorron, Haru Inoue 20 NOTES Applications in Veterinary Medicine Lynetta J. Freeman, Karine S. Pader 21 NOTES and Pregnancy: Where We Are and Where We Could Go Nicolas Bourdel, Janyne Althaus 22 Thoracic Cavity Application of NOTES Alex Escalona, Brian G. Turner, Denise W. Gee 23 Designing the NOTES Procedure Room Mouen A. Khashab, Anthony N. Kalloo 24 Evolution and Future Developments of Instrument Technology for NOTES D. Nageshwar Reddy, G. V. Rao, Magnus J. Mansard 25 Training the Gastroenterologist for NOTES Nitin Kumar, Christopher C. Thompson 26 Training the Surgeon for NOTES Silvana Perretta, Bernard Dallemagne, Jacques Marescaux 27 Simulator-based training of NOTES procedures Kai Matthes, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Woojin Ahn, Suvranu De 28 Possibilities for the future Alexander Aurora, Jeffrey Ponsky