Endoscopic Gastric Surgery

ISBN-13: 9783642640452 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 134 str.

E. Hanisch; M. Kitajima; T. Wehrmann

Opis

Endoscopic gastric procedures are now well established since they minimize stress to the patient. This book provides a step-by-step state-of-the-art guide to the most important procedures in gastric surgery: laparoscopic fundoplication, laparoscopic gastric banding, laparoscopic gastric resection, laparoscopic gastro-enterostomy, laparoscopic gastrectomy, and laparoscopic myotomy for achalasia. An updated overview of indication, pathophysiology and epidemiology, diagnostics, as well as medical and surgical therapy (conventional and laparoscopic) is included.

Spis treści

1 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.- 2 Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD).- 3 Achalasia: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Nonoperative Treatment.- 4 Laparoscopic Cardiomyotomy for Achalasia.- 5 Pathogenetic Aspects of Obesity.- 6 Adjustable Silicone Gastric Banding.- 7 Totally Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy with Extended Lymph Node Dissection.- 8 Laparoscopic Surgery for Early Gastric Cancer: Lesion-Lifting Method and Intragastric Mucosal Resection.- 9. Laparoscopic Gastric Resection and Gastrectomy.