This atlas is composed of 31 chapters with authoritative commentaries and illustrations in a number of surgical procedures amenable to laparoscopic techniques. The Atlas is a tool that will simplify and organize surgical thought for the advanced laparoscopist.

Table of contents

Laparoscopic Instrumentation and Basic Techniques - Laparoscopic Evaluation of Abdominal Trauma - . Laparoscopic Inguinal Herniorraphy - Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair - Laparoscopic Antireflux Procedures - Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Esophageal Achalasia - Laparoscopic Repair of Paraesophageal Hernia - Laparoscopic Management of Peptic Ulcer Disease - Laparoscopic Ostomies - Laparoscopic Small Bowel Resection and Meckel's Diverticulectomy - Laparoscopic Appendectomy - Laparoscopic Colectomy and Abdominoperineal Resection - Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - Complications of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - Laparoscopic Liver Resection - Laparoscopic Approach to Palliation of Periampullary Tumors - Laparoscopic Splenectomy - Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy - Thorascopic Pericardiectomy - Thorascopic Pulmonary Resection - Thorascopic Lung Volume Reduction - Laparoscpic Exposure of the Lumbosacral Spine for Discectomy and Fusion - Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery - Laparoscopy in the Pregnant Patient - Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgery - Pediatric Endosurgery - Laparoscopic Donor Newphrectomy - Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy - Bariatric Surgery - Endoluminal Surgery - Laparoscopic Pancreas Surgery