Main description:

This book aims to comprehensibly describe the minimally invasive technique including robot assisted procedures of upper abdominal cancer, including aspects such as surgical anatomy, neoadjuvant therapy and minimally invasive surgical technique, and robot assisted procedures (5 alinea). Upper abdominal oncological surgery is increasingly approached by Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS). Due to the rising experience of young surgeons with MIS, the optimal imaging obtained during the procedure and the possibility of decreasing the postoperative complications has led to an increase of quality of life without compromising the completeness of resection.

The book bases its approach on the information gathered by MIS observation and the step-by-step descriptions, by using illustrations and videos of surgical procedures for oncological resections of esophageal and gastric cancer, as well as for duodenum, pancreas, spleen and liver cancers.

Furthermore, this book will serve as a teaching guide, providing a present-day introduction to the increasingly sophisticated performance of surgery required by general and specialized surgical practitioners. The reader will have access to a practical book with relevant information that guides adequate treatment.

Contents:

Part 1: Advantages of Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Advantages of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Upper Abdominal Surgery.- Part 2: Esophagus and Gastro-Esophageal junction cancer.- Surgical Anatomy of Esophagus.- Endoscopic treatment of early esophageal cancer.- Neoadjuvant treatment of esophageal and gastro-esophageal cancer.- Transhiatal or Transthoracic esophagectomy.- Open or Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy after neoadjuvant therapy.- Thoracoscopic radical esophagectomy for cancer.- Total or Hybrid Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy?.- Transthoracic approach by thoracoscopy: 3 or 2 stage?.- Minimally Invasive Approach of Gastro-esophageal Junction cancer.- Robot assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (RAMIE).- Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy step by step. How I do it.- Part 3: Gastric cancer.- Surgical anatomy of the lesser sac (omental bursa).- Neoadjuvant treatment of gastric cancer.- Open or Minimally Invasive Gastrectomy.- Minimally Invasive Surgery of Gastric Cancer.- Laparoscopic and Robot assisted gastrectomy.- Minimally invasive treatment of gastric GIST.- Minimally invasive gastrectomy step by step. How I do it.- Part 4 Duodenum-pancreas tumors.- Pancreatic resection after neoadjuvant treatment.- Open or Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery?.- Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy.- Hybrid Laparoscopic Duodenopancreatectomy.- Total Laparoscopic Duodenopancreatectomy.- Robot assisted partial pancreatectomy and duodenopancreatectomy.- Laparoscopic Duodenopancreatectomy step by step. How I do it.- Part 5 Liver tumors.- Open or Laparoscopic Liver resection.- Laparoscopic left lateral sectinectomy.- Laparoscopic techniques in Major Liver Resections.- Laparoscopic liver resection in cirrhotic patients.- Robotic Liver resection for malignancies.- Part 6 Spleen malignancies.- Minimally invasive splenectomy for Oncological Diseases of the spleen.- Part 7 How to learn these techniques?.- Mastering Major Minimally Surgery.- Part 8 Final considerations.- Final considerations.