History of Laparoscopic Surgery -- Equipment and Instrumentation -- Surgical Energy Sources -- Patient Preparation and Operating Room Setup -- Anesthetic Management -- Basic Laparoscopic Surgical Skills -- Laparoscopic Anatomy of the Abdominal Cavity -- Small Bowel Resection -- Ileocolectomy -- Right Colectomy -- Sigmoidectomy -- Laparoscopic Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer -- Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Resection -- Total Abdominal Colectomy -- Laparoscopic Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch to Anal Anastomosis (IPAA) -- Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Anterior Resection -- Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Total Abdominal Colectomy -- Diagnostic Laparoscopy -- Laparoscopic Stoma Formation -- Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis -- Rectopexy with and Without Sigmoid Resection -- External Evidence of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery -- Outcomes After Laparoscopic Adhesiolysis -- Outcomes After Laparoscopic Colectomy for Diverticular Disease -- Outcomes After Laparoscopic Colectomy for Crohn’s Disease -- Outcomes After Laparoscopic Total Colectomy or Proctocolectomy -- Outcomes After Laparoscopic Treatment for Rectal Prolapse -- Outcomes After Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery -- Dissemination of Tumor Cells During Laparoscopic Surgery -- Educating the Surgical Team -- Future Aspects of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery.

Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery, Second Edition is fully revised and updated and reflects an authoritative, team-oriented approach to the latest state-of-the-art laparoscopic colorectal procedures and surgical techniques. Written by pioneers in the field, this text will supply surgeons with all the information necessary to accomplish advanced laparoscopic procedures. Comprehensive discussions of positioning, instrumentation, cannulas, surgical techniques, special considerations, and considerations in cancer surgery are featured for a wide variety of major operative procedures. This new Second Edition includes updated information on laparoscopic colorectal procedures, including hand-assisted laparoscopic procedures and new chapters on the physiology of pneumoperitoneum, laparoscopic anatomy of the colon and rectum, and evidence-based discussion of outcomes. The text is complemented by over 200 line drawings created exclusively for the textbook.