SAGES Manual

Carol E.H. Scott-Conner, MD, PhD University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA Nathaniel J. Soper, MD Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

• Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS).- Maintenance of Certification (MOC).- Equipment Setup and Troubleshooting.- Ergonomics in Operating Room Design.- Access to Abdomen .- Generation of Working Space: Extraperitoneal Approaches.- Single-Site Access Surgery.- Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery.- Laparoscopic Hemostasis: Energy Sources.- Laparoscopic Hemostasis: Hemostatic Products and Adjuncts.- Principles of Tissue Approximation: Suturing.- Other Devices for Tissue Approximation.- Documentation.- Laparoscopic During Pregnancy.- Previous Abdominal Surgery.- Robotics in Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Surgery.- Emergency Laparoscopy.- Elective Diagnostic Laparoscopy and Cancer Staging.- Lymph Node Biopsy, Dissection, Staging Laparoscopy.- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Avoiding Complications.- Cholangiography.- Laparoscopic Ultrasound of Biliary Tree.- Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration: Trancystic Duct Approach.- Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration (LCBDE) via Choledochotomy.- Laparoscopic Gastrostomy.- Laparoscopic Plication of Perforated Ulcer.- Small Bowel Resection, Enterolysis and Enteroenterostomy.- Placement of Jejunostomy Tube.- Laparoscopic Appendectomy.- Laparoscopic Colostomy.- Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair: Transabdominal Preperitoneal (TAPP) and Totally Extraperitoneal (TEP).- Laparoscopic Repair of Ventral Hernia.- Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery: General Considerations.- Pediatric Laparoscopy: Specific Surgical Procedures.- Complications in Pediatric MIS.- Flexible Endoscopes: Characteristics, Troubleshooting, Equipment Care.- Endoscopy Handling.- Monitoring, Sedation, and Recovery.- Flexible Endoscopy: Principles of Documentation.- Diagnostic Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.- Percutaneous Endoscopic Feeding Tube Placement.- Capsule Enteroscopy.- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy.- Diagnostic Colonoscopy.- Therapeutic Colonoscopy and Its Complications.

From the reviews of the third edition: "This is the third edition of a book on the basic endoscopic and laparoscopic techniques that may be encountered in a surgical residency, produced by the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). ... Students, residents, and allied healthcare professionals in training are the intended audience for this collection, edited by two leaders of minimally invasive surgery in the U.S. ... Chapters are well illustrated with line drawings and color photographs. ... book can be recommended for its clarity of presentation and current content." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2012)