Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: An Evidence-Based Guide

✍ Scribed by Ferdinando Agresta, Fabio Cesare Campanile, Nereo Vettoretto (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 191
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book, written by expert surgeons, offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of all aspects of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Coverage includes the indications for surgery, anesthesia, surgical technique, and the prevention and management of complications, with extensive reference to the latest clinical evidence and assessment of the benefits of the laparoscopic approach, for example in terms of outcomes and day surgery. New technologies, including SILS, NOTES, robotic surgery, and miniaturized instruments, are reviewed. The learning curve and training are also extensively discussed, and an individual chapter is devoted to the views of international experts in the field. Readers will find the book to be an ideal guide to this gold standard technique, which continues to evolve some 20 years after the National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference first published recommendations regarding indications for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Besides the Evidence (What Is Really Done In the World)....Pages 1-7
Operative Strategies in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Is There Any Evidence?....Pages 9-21
Indications to Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy....Pages 23-44
Biliary Tree Stones....Pages 45-57
Laparoscopy and Acute Cholecystitis: The Evidence....Pages 59-72
Number of Trocars, Types of Dissection, Exploration of Bile Duct, Drainage and Analgesia....Pages 73-87
Complications: How to Prevent and Manage Them....Pages 89-101
New Technologies....Pages 103-115
Real Benefits of the Laparoscopic Approach....Pages 117-129
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Day Surgery....Pages 131-139
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Training, Learning Curve, and Definition of Expert....Pages 141-147
The Expert Opinion: An International Audit....Pages 149-157
Establishing Pneumoperitoneum: What Is the Safest Technique for Pneumoperitoneum?....Pages 159-169
Anesthetic Management for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy....Pages 171-180
Back Matter....Pages 181-185

✦ Subjects

Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Abdominal Surgery; Gastroenterology; Emergency Medicine