Minimally Invasive Approaches to Colon and Rectal Disease

Howard M. Ross, MD, FACS, FASCRS Howard M. Ross, MD, FACS, FASCRS Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery Professor of Surgery Surgical Director, Digestive Diseases Center Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA Sang W. Lee, MD, FACS, FASCRS Associate Professor of Surgery and Associate Attending Surgeon NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center Vice Chief of Colon & Rectal Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College New York, New York USA  Matthew G. Mutch, MD, FACS, FASCRS Associate Professor of Surgery Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery Washington University School of Medicine Department of Surgery St. Louis, Missouri USA  David E. Rivadeneira, MD, MBA, FACS, FASCRS Vice Chair of Suffolk County Surgical Strategic Initiatives for North Shore LIJ Health System Director of Surgical Services at Huntington Hospital Director of Colon & Rectal Surgery at Huntington Hospital Professor of Surgery, Hofstra School of Medicine Huntington Hospital/North Shore-LIJ Huntington, New York  Scott R. Steele, M.D., FACS, FASCRS Chief, Colon & Rectal Surgery                       Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery University of Washington, Seattle, WA Olympia, Washington USA

​​Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Foreword.- Pre-operative.- Perioperative Assessment.- Patient Positioning, Instrumentation, and Trocar placement.- Surgical Anatomy.- Right Colectomy: Straight Laparoscopic.- Right Colectomy: Hand-Assist.- Laparoscopic Left/Sigmoid Colectomy.- Hand Assisted Left Colectomy.- Total Abdominal Colectomy: Straight Laparoscopic Approach.- Total Abdominal Colectomy: Hand Assisted Approach.- Operative Details of Laparoscopic Rectal Resection for Cancer.- Laparoscopic Hand-Assisted Low Anterior Resection.- Laparoscopic Abdominoperineal Resection.- Laparoscopic Proctocolectomy.- Laparoscopic Rectopexy.- Minimally Invasive Approach for Stoma Creation.- Laparoscopic Stomal Reversal.- Laparoscopic Parastomal Hernia Repair.- Overcoming Technical Challenges: The Abdomen.- Overcoming Technical Challenges: The Pelvis.- Overcoming Technical Challenges: Reoperative Surgery.- Overcoming Technical Challenges: Prevention and Managing Complications.- Single-Incision Laparoscopic Approaches to Colorectal Disease.- Natural Orifice Surgery (NOTES).- Robotic Surgery.- Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS): Operative Technique, Pitfalls, and Tips.- Combined Endo-Laparoscopic Surgery (CELS).- Emergency Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery.- Laparoscopy in the Elderly Patient.- Laparoscopic Colectomy in the Obese Patient.- Minimally Invasive Surgery in Crohn's Disease Patients.- Minimally Invasive Surgery in Ulcerative Colitis Patients.- Minimally Invasive Approaches to Colon and Rectal Disease: Techniques and Best Practices – Pediatrics.- Laparoscopy in Pregnant Patients.- Economics of Laparoscopic Colectomy.- Outcomes of Laparoscopic Surgery.- Future Directions in Minimally Invasive Surgery.