The Handbook of Minimally-Invasive Colorectal Surgery

A concise, full-color, step-by-step guide to performing colorectal surgery
This well-illustrated new book delivers succinct guidance on performing minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robotic) colon and rectal surgery, written primarily for an audience of general surgery residents and fellows in colorectal surgery and surgical oncology. The Handbook of Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery takes a high-yield, bulleted approach to describe how to get started with a procedure; how to perform common surgeries of the intestine, colon, and rectum; and how to manage common intraoperative problems in colorectal surgery. Alternatives to each step are discussed, along with common pitfalls and how to avoid them.
Full-color illustrations and intraoperative images alongside narrated videos take readers step-by-step through the operations most often performed by general surgeons, colorectal surgeons, and surgical oncologists. This edition includes the latest innovations and procedures in minimally invasive and robotic colorectal surgery.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Getting Started

1. Planning Your Case
2. OR Setup and Patient Positioning
3. Getting the Patient Ready
4. Stoma Marking
5. Laparoscopic Instruments

Part 2: Abdominal Operations

6. Right Hemicolectomy
7. Left Hemicolectomy
8. Sigmoidectomy
9. Low Anterior Resection
10. Abdominoperineal Resection
11. Stoma Creation
12. Rectopexy

Part 3: Managing Complications in Colorectal Surgery

13. Presacral Bleeding
14. Problems with Reach
15. The Morbidly Obese Patient
16. The Stuck Circular Stapler: Now What? 
17. Crohn's Mesentery
18. Septic Patients
19. Stoma Related Issues: Stenosis, Ischemia, and Obstruction