Preface vii Associate Editors ix section i: general considerations and principles of access 1 Principles of Room Setup and Port Placement for Minimally Invasive Surgery 2 2 General Principles of Laparoscopic Access 10 3 Principles of Thoracic Access 18 4 Minimally Invasive Suturing and Knot Tying 26 5 Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery, Robotics, and Natural-Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery 32
section ii: minimally invasive thoracic surgery 6 Mediastinoscopy 42 7 Blebectomy and Pleurectomy 50 8 Pleurodesis 56 9 Sympathectomy 58 10 Wedge Resection of the Lung 60 11 Pulmonary Lobectomy 64 12 Resection of a Mid-Esophageal Diverticulum with Myotomy 74 13 Two- and Three-Field Esophagectomy 80
section iii: minimally invasive upper gi tract surgery 14 Transoral Cricopharyngeal Myotomy and Zenker Diverticulectomy 106 15 Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) 110 16 Heller Myotomy with Partial Fundoplication 116 17 Epiphrenic Diverticulectomy with Myotomy and Fundoplication 130 18 Total (Nissen) Fundoplication 136 19 Partial Fundoplication 146 20 Repair of Paraesophageal Hernia 152 21 Wedge Gastroplasty for Short Esophagus (Collis Gastroplasty) 158 22 Transhiatal Esophagectomy 164 23 Closure of Perforated Duodenal Ulcer 192 24 Pyloroplasty 194 25 Wedge Resection of Gastric Smooth Muscle Tumors 198 26 Gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y Reconstruction 204