
Minimally Invasive Oncologic Surgery, Part I, An Issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 28-1 - November 16, 2018
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: James Fleshman, Claudius Conrad
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 6 5 5 0 5 - 7
This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, guest edited by Drs. Claudius Conrad and James Fleshman, is devoted to Minimally Invasive Oncologic Surgery. For Part… Read more

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Request a sales quoteThis issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, guest edited by Drs. Claudius Conrad and James Fleshman, is devoted to Minimally Invasive Oncologic Surgery. For Part I, Drs. Conrad and Fleshman has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Development of Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery; Fluorescent Imaging for Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery; Augmented Reality for Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery; Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Cancer; Robotic Developments for Cancer Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgery for Palliation; Transluminal Cancer Surgery; Minimally Invasive Pediatric Cancer Surgery; Minimally Invasive Staging Surgery for Cancer; Training for Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery; Minimally Invasive Head and Neck Cancer Surgery; much more!
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Foreword
- Preface
- History of Minimally Invasive Surgical Oncology
- Key points
- History of laparoscopy in general surgery
- Laparoscopy in surgical oncology
- Key concerns in the adoption of laparoscopy in surgical oncology
- Adoption of minimally invasive surgery in colorectal cancer
- Minimally invasive surgery in esophageal cancer
- Adoption of minimally invasive surgery in gastric cancer
- Laparoscopic splenectomy
- Summary
- Training for Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery
- Key points
- Introduction
- Current minimally invasive surgical oncology training
- Case study: the introduction of laparoscopic hepatectomy
- Simulated learning
- Basic skills simulation
- Simulation for advanced minimally invasive surgery skills
- Online videos
- Mentoring and coaching
- A few sound educational principles
- Exciting new developments
- Summary
- Virtual and Augmented Reality in Oncologic Liver Surgery
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Fluorescence Imaging for Minimally Invasive Cancer Surgery
- Key points
- Introduction
- Surgical technique
- Published reports
- Summary
- Minimally Invasive Staging Surgery for Cancer
- Key points
- Introduction to staging laparoscopy
- Surgical technique
- Staging laparoscopy for gastroesophageal junction and gastric cancer
- Staging laparoscopy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma and other periampullary tumors
- Staging laparoscopy for primary and secondary liver tumors
- Staging laparoscopy for biliary tract tumors
- Summary
- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Palliation
- Key points
- Introduction
- Upper gastrointestinal and hepatopancreatobiliary malignancies
- Lower gastrointestinal cancer
- Other scenarios
- Summary
- Robotic Developments in Cancer Surgery
- Key points
- Introduction
- Conventional laparoscopy and robotic surgery
- Technical advances of robotics in cancer surgery
- Robotic outcomes in key complex abdominal cancer surgery
- Future directions
- Summary
- Transluminal Cancer Surgery
- Key points
- Evolution of transluminal surgery
- Current evidence and techniques
- Future of transluminal surgery
- Robotic Head and Neck Surgery
- Key points
- Introduction
- Current approaches
- Future approaches
- Summary
- Minimally Invasive Approaches to Pediatric Solid Tumors
- Key points
- Introduction
- Abdominal and retroperitoneal tumors
- Thoracic tumors
- Robotic surgery
- Summary
- Endoscopic Management of Pancreatic Cancer
- Key points
- Introduction
- Early diagnosis
- Diagnosis with endoscopic ultrasound examination
- Diagnosis with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
- Endoscopic management of malignant biliary obstruction
- Endoscopic management of duodenal obstruction
- Endoscopic management of postpancreaticoduodenectomy issues
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided injection therapy
- Drug-eluting biliary stent
- Summary
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 28-1
- Published: November 16, 2018
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323655057
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James Fleshman
Affiliations and expertise
Helen Buchanan and Stanley Joseph Seeger Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Professor of Surgery Texas A&M Healthsciences, Dallas, TexasCC
Claudius Conrad
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Div. of Surgery/Dept. of Surgical Oncology, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Houston, TX