Minimally Invasive Acute Care Surgery

Kosar Khwaja, MD, MBA, MSc, FRCS, FACS Director of Acute Care Surgery, MGH Associate Director, Trauma Program Critical Care Medicine McGIll University Health Centre McGill University Department of Surgery Montreal, Quebec Canada Jose J. Diaz, MD, CNS, FACS, FCCM Professor of Surgery Chief Division of Acute Care Surgery Program Director Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program in Trauma R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center University of Maryland Medical Center Baltimore, MD USA

Physiologic Effects of Pneumoperitoneum: Implications of Laparoscopy in Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Emergency Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Laparoscopic Exploration for Free Air.- Incarcerated Abdominal Wall Hernias: Tips and Tricks to the Minimally Invasive Approach.- Laparoscopic Approach to the Acutely Incarcerated Paraesophageal Hernia.- Acute Care Surgery for Bariatric Surgery Emergencies.- Managing the Difficult Gallbladder in Acute Cholecystitis.- Minimally Invasive Approach to Choledocholithiasis.- Laparoscopic Approach to Perforated Ulcers.- Minimally Invasive Strategies for the Treatment of Necrotizing Infected Pancreatitis: Video-Assisted Retroperitoneal Debridement (VARD).- Laparoscopic Management of Small Bowel Obstruction.- Management of Appendicitis.- Minimally Invasive Approach to Acute Diverticulitis.- Laparoscopic Re-exploration for Colorectal Surgery Complications.- Minimally Invasive Approaches to Clostridium Difficile Colitis.- Bedside Laparoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit.- Laparoscopic Exploration for Trauma.