Practical Manual of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic and Robotic Surgery

Resad Paya Pasic MD, PhD Director of the Center of Minimally Invasive Surgery Co-Director of the Fellowship in Advanced Gynecologic Laparoscopy University of Louisville, Kentucky Andrew I Brill MD California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California

Patient preparation. The art of the competent surgeon: anatomy and surgical dissection. Instrumentation and equipment. Anesthesia in laparoscopy. Creation of pneumoperitoneum and trocar insertion techniques. Energy systems in laparoscopy. Laparoscopic suturing. Laparoscopic tubal sterilization. Laparoscopic surgery for adhesions. Ectopic pregnancy. Laparoscopic management of the adnexal mass. Laparoscopic myomectomy. Non surgical options for treatment of uterine fibroids. Tissue retrieval in laparoscopic surgery. Surger for endometriosis. Vaginal hysterectomy and adnexectomy technique. Laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy (LAVH). Laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy (LSH). Total laparoscopic hysterectomy (TLH). Retroperitoneal dissection of the pelvic sidewall. Lower urinary tract endoscopy. Laparoscopic paravaginal repair and Burch urethropexy. Midurethral sling procedures for stress urinary incontinence. Laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy and cervicopexy. Laparoscopic uterosacral ligament suspension. Laparoscopy in children and adolescent patients. Endoscopic diagnosis and correction of malformations of female genitalia. Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site (LESS) Surgery. Laparoscopic bowel surgery. Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy. Laparoscopic and robotic-assisted laparoscopic lymphadenectomy in Gynecologic Oncology. Robotics: The clinical nuts and bolts to applications in minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. Robotic hysterectomy. Robotic myomectomy. Robotic sacrocolpopexy. Robotically-assisted radical hysterectomy. Hemostatic agents in laparoscopic surgery. Complications of laparoscopic surgery.