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Operative Techniques in Foregut Surgery

by Aurora D. Pryor, Mary T. Hawn

2nd Edition

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health

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Print ISBN9781975176617
eText ISBN9781975176631
PublisherWolters Kluwer Health
Publishing Year2024
Edition2nd Edition
LanguageEnglish
Pages528

Operative Techniques in Foregut Surgery, 2nd Edition, is a medical textbook focused on upper gastrointestinal surgical procedures. The volume provides structured procedural steps to assist clinicians in selecting and performing operative techniques tailored to specific patient presentations.

Coverage encompasses major foregut pathologies and surgical interventions across the esophagus, stomach, and abdominal wall. The text details clinical management for esophageal motility disorders, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hiatal hernia repair, esophagectomy approaches, and esophageal perforations. Further chapters address open, laparoscopic, and robotic repair strategies for inguinal and incisional hernias, along with gastrectomy protocols for gastric malignancies, emergency trauma laparotomy interventions, and bariatric operations including sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, and revisional procedures.

By concentrating on operative methodology and step-by-step technical execution, the text serves as a dedicated procedural reference. This focus offers practical support for clinicians during pre-operative case planning and intraoperative decision-making.

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1: Epiphrenic Diverticulum

  2. Chapter 2: Long Myotomy for Distal Esophageal Spasm

  3. Chapter 3: Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Anterior Fundoplication for Esophageal Achalasia

  4. Chapter 4: Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy for Achalasia and Hypercontractile Esophagus

  5. Chapter 5: Repair of Congenital Defects: Morgagni Diaphragmatic Hernia

  6. Chapter 6: Repair of Congenital Defects: Bochdalek Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

  7. Chapter 7: Paraesophageal Hernia Repair: Laparoscopic Technique

  8. Chapter 8: Collis Gastroplasty

  9. Chapter 9: Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication

  10. Chapter 10: Laparoscopic Partial Fundoplication for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

  11. Chapter 11: The Endoscopic Approach to Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

  12. Chapter 12: Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation for GERD

  13. Chapter 13: Redo Fundoplication

  14. Chapter 14: Roux-en-Y (Roux Limb Reconstruction) for Recurrent Hiatal Hernia

  15. Chapter 15: Esophagectomy: Transhiatal and Reconstruction

  16. Chapter 16: Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy

  17. Chapter 17: Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

  18. Chapter 18: Treatment of Esophageal Perforation: Cervical, Thoracic, and Abdominal

  19. Chapter 19: Endoscopic Management of Esophageal Perforation

  20. Chapter 20: Inguinal Hernia: Open Approaches

  21. Chapter 21: Inguinal Hernia: Laparoscopic Approaches

  22. Chapter 22: Robotic Inguinal Hernia Repair

  23. Chapter 23: Incisional Hernia: Open Approaches

  24. Chapter 24: Incisional Hernia: Laparoscopic Approaches

  25. Chapter 25: Incisional Hernia Repair: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Options

  26. Chapter 26: Robotic Ventral Hernia Repair: Transversus Abdominis Release

  27. Chapter 27: Parastomal Hernia

  28. Chapter 28: Umbilical, Epigastric, Spigelian, and Lumbar Hernias

  29. Chapter 29: Vagotomy: Truncal and Highly Selective

  30. Chapter 30: Drainage Procedures: Pyloromyotomy, Pyloroplasty, Gastrojejunostomy

  31. Chapter 31: Endoscopic Management of Gastroparesis and Gastric Outlet Obstruction

  32. Chapter 32: Surgical Management of Gastroduodenal Perforation

  33. Chapter 33: Trauma Laparotomy

  34. Chapter 34: Gastric and Small Bowel Injury: Primary Repair, Resection, Anastomosis, Wedge Resection

  35. Chapter 35: Operative Management of Duodenal

  36. Chapter 36: Antrectomy

  37. Chapter 37: Subtotal Gastrectomy for Cancer

  38. Chapter 38: Minimally Invasive Total Gastrectomy

  39. Chapter 39: Robotic/Minimally Invasive Distal Gastrectomy

  40. Chapter 40: Proximal Gastrectomy

  41. Chapter 41: Total Gastrectomy for Cancer

  42. Chapter 42: Surgical Management of Injuries to the Cervical Esophagus

  43. Chapter 43: Gastrostomy

  44. Chapter 44: Feeding Jejunostomy

  45. Chapter 45: Surgical Management of Postgastrectomy Syndrome

  46. Chapter 46: Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

  47. Chapter 47: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

  48. Chapter 48: Removal and Revision of Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

  49. Chapter 49: Laparoscopic Biliopancreatic Diversion With Duodenal Switch and Single Anastomosis Duodenal-Ileal Bypass

  50. Chapter 50: Surgical Management of Bariatric Complications: Internal Hernia and Leak

  51. Chapter 51: Endoscopic Management of Bariatric Complications: Leak and Stricture

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