This book?provides detailed, comprehensive and illustrative?content to the surgical community in the areas of foregut oncologic surgery. The?text?contains an in depth review of all surgical aspects of?oncologic diseases involving the stomach and esophagus. The main focus?is on the minimally invasive techniques including potential complications and their management. The text also includes an online link for the videos for all minimally invasive foregut surgical procedures including animation content?which provide?a more comprehensive learning experience.? ?????
?Minimally Invasive Foregut Surgery for Malignancy: Principles and Practice?is structured in a way that makes it useful at every level of training and will be of great utility to practicing surgeons, fellows in surgical subspecialty training and surgical residents.
Foreword
Preface
Contributors
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1.????? Pathogenesis of Esophageal Cancer
Charles M. LeVea
2.????? Endoscopic Treatment of Pre-Malignant and Early Esophageal Malignancy
Toshitaka Hoppo and Blair A. Jobe
3.????? The Volume-outcome Relationship, Standardized Clinical Pathways and Minimally Invasive Surgery for Esophagectomy
Sheraz R. Markar and Donald E. Low
4.????? Goals of Surgical Therapy for Esophageal Cancer
A.K.Talsma, J. Shapiro, B.P.L. Wijnhoven, J.J.B. Van Lanschot
5.????? Optimization of Patients for Esophageal Cancer Surgery
Wesley A. Pal3K