ABSTRACT

Divided into eleven detailed sections, this reference displays the expertise and research of specialists from leading urology centers around the world and offers authoritative chapters on the entire spectrum of urologic laparoscopy. The chapters cover methods in patient selection, peri-operative management, and complication avoidance; step-by-step

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SECTION I. BASIC CONSIDERATIONS

chapter 1|10 pages

HISTORY OF LAPAROSCOPY: AN ODYSSEY OF INNOVATIONS ■

BySergio G. Moreira, Jr., Raul C. Ordorica, and Sakti Das

chapter 2|6 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC ANATOMY: UPPER ABDOMEN ■

ByDinesh Singh

chapter 3|10 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC ANATOMY OF THE MALE PELVIS ■

ByBertrand Guillonneau, Karim A. Touijer, Jeffery W. Saranchuk

chapter 4|18 pages

PHYSIOLOGIC ASPECTS OF LAPAROSCOPY ■

ByJ. Stuart Wolf, Jr.

chapter 5|18 pages

MODERN ABDOMINAL IMAGING: IMPLICATIONS FOR LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY ■

ByErick M. Remer, Joseph C. Veniero, Brian R. Herts

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SECTION II. EQUIPMENT

chapter 6|10 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTATION ■

ByMihir M. Desai

chapter 7|14 pages

AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT AND THE OPERATING ROOM OF THE FUTURE ■

ByJames O. L’Esperance and Glenn M. Preminger

chapter 8|14 pages

BIOADHESIVE TECHNOLOGY ■

ByAndrew B. Joel, Marshall L. Stoller

chapter 9|12 pages

SURGICAL ROBOTICS ■

ByAkshay Bhandari, Lee Richstone, Ashutosh Tewari

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SECTION III. LAPAROSCOPY: GENERAL TECHNIQUES

chapter 10|10 pages

BASICS OF RETROPERITONEAL LAPAROSCOPY ■

ByMonish Aron, Benjamin Chung, Inderbir S. Gill

chapter 11|30 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURING TECHNIQUES: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ■

ByLouis J. Giorgi, Jr. and Michael E. Moran

chapter 12|24 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURING: PROCEDURE-SPECIFIC ■

ByLouis J. Giorgi, Jr. and Michael E. Moran

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SECTION IV. ADULT LAPAROSCOPY: BENIGN DISEASE

chapter 13|22 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY: TECHNIQUE ■

ByT. R. J. Gianduzzo, C. G. Eden

chapter 14|10 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL ADRENALECTOMY ■

ByGünter Janetschek

chapter 15|6 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF EXTRA-ADRENAL PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA ■

ByAshish Behari, McClellan M. Walther

chapter 16|8 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY FOR BENIGN DISEASE: CURRENT STATUS ■

ByDavid S. Wang, Howard N. Winfield

chapter 17|10 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SIMPLE NEPHRECTOMY: TECHNIQUE ■

BySimon V. Bariol, David A. Tolley

chapter 18|6 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SIMPLE NEPHRECTOMY: CURRENT STATUS ■

ByMoses Kim, Debora K. Moore, Robert G. Moore

chapter 19|6 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RENAL BIOPSY: TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS ■

ByChristopher A. Warlick, David Y. Chan

chapter 20|6 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHROPEXY ■

ByLewis CH. Liew and Adrian D. Joyce

chapter 21|20 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RENAL CYST ABLATION: TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS ■

ByLi-Ming Su

chapter 22|16 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR CALCULOUS DISEASE: TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS ■

ByAshok K. Hemal

chapter 23|8 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC PYELOPLASTY: TECHNIQUE ■

ByGeorge K. Chow

chapter 24|10 pages

ROBOTIC-ASSISTED ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PYELOPLASTY ■

ByJoseph J. Del Pizzo, Michael A. Palese, Ravi Munver, Dix P. Poppas

chapter 25|12 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC PYELOPLASTY: CURRENT STATUS ■

ByIoannis M. Varkarakis, Thomas W. Jarrett

chapter 26|12 pages

LAPAROSCOPY FOR THE CALYCEAL DIVERTICULUM: TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS ■

ByChristopher S. Ng

chapter 27|16 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC LIVE DONOR NEPHRECTOMY: TECHNIQUE ■

ByJoseph J. Del Pizzo

chapter 28|16 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC DONOR NEPHRECTOMY: CURRENT STATUS ■

ByMichael W. Phelan, Stephen C. Jacobs

chapter 29|6 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC URETERAL SURGERY: NONCALCULOUS APPLICATIONS ■

ByThomas H. S. Hsu, Keith L. Lee

chapter 30|6 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC MARSUPIALIZATION OF LYMPHOCELE ■

ByW. Patrick Springhart, Charles D. Scales, Jr., and David M. Albala

chapter 31|12 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC BLADDER AUGMENTATION: WITH AND WITHOUT URINARY DIVERSION ■

ByRaymond R. Rackley, Joseph B. Abdelmalak

chapter 32|18 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC BLADDER NECK SUSPENSION: TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS ■

ByJim Ross, Mark Preston

chapter 33|6 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA ■

ByAli Mahdavi, Farr Nezhat, Bulent Berker, Ceana Nezhat, Camran Nezhat

chapter 34|6 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY OF THE SEMINAL VESICLES ■

ByRobert B. Nadler, Scott E. Eggener

chapter 35|8 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC VARICOCELECTOMY ■

ByJames F. Donovan, Marlou B. Heiland

chapter 36|16 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC PLACEMENT OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CATHETER ■

ByWisoot Konchareonsombat, Arif Asif, Raymond J. Leveillee

chapter 37|8 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR CHYLURIA ■

ByN. P. Gupta, M. S. Ansari

chapter 38|8 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC INGUINAL HERNIA SURGERY ■

ByBipan Chand, Jeffrey Ponsky

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SECTION V. LAPAROSCOPIC UROLOGIC ONCOLOGY

chapter 39|8 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY FOR MALIGNANCY ■

ByAlireza Moinzadeh

chapter 40|10 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY: TRANSPERITONEAL APPROACH ■

ByMichael Grasso III

chapter 41|10 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY: RETROPERITONEAL TECHNIQUE ■

ByHoward Evans, Michael G. Hobart

chapter 42|8 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY: CURRENT STATUS ■

ByIsaac Yi Kim, Ralph V. Clayman

chapter 43|10 pages

SMALL RENAL TUMORS: OVERVIEW AND MANAGEMENT BY ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE ■

ByAlessandro Volpe, Michael A. S. Jewett

chapter 44|8 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY: TECHNIQUE ■

ByJihad H. Kaouk

chapter 45|24 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY: CURRENT STATUS ■

ByMassimiliano Spaliviero, Inderbir S. Gill

chapter 46|10 pages

RENAL CRYOABLATION: TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS ■

ByMurali K. Ankem, Stephen Y. Nakada

chapter 47|12 pages

RENAL RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION: TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS ■

ByEdward D. Matsumoto, Jeffrey A. Cadeddu

chapter 49|8 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL NEPHROURETERECTOMY: TECHNIQUES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DISTAL URETER AND BLADDER CUFF ■

ByGary W. Chien, Marcelo A. Orvieto, Arieh L. Shalhav

chapter 49|14 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL NEPHROURETERECTOMY: CURRENT STATUS ■

BySurena F. Matin

chapter 50|12 pages

KIDNEY CANCER SPECIMEN EXTRACTION: INTRACORPOREAL MORCELLATION ■

ByMaxwell V. Meng

chapter 51|12 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RETROPERITONEAL LYMPH NODE DISSECTION TECHNIQUE ■

ByNasser Albqami, Günter Janetschek

chapter 54|12 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL CYSTECTOMY (PROSTATE SPARING) ■

ByXavier Cathelineau, Carlos Arroyo, François Rozet, Eric Barret, Guy Vallancien

chapter 55|6 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL CYSTECTOMY: TECHNIQUE ■

ByKarim A. Touijer, Stephen J. Savage

chapter 56|4 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC BOWEL SURGERY: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ■

ByAnthony J. Senagore

chapter 57|22 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC URINARY DIVERSION ■

ByDavid Canes, Harrison K. Rhee, Ingolf Tuerk

chapter 58|8 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR BLADDER CANCER: CURRENT STATUS ■

ByOsamu Ukimura, Inderbir S. Gill

chapter 59|28 pages

TRANSPERITONEAL LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY: TECHNICAL VARIATIONS, ONCOLOGIC AND FUNCTIONAL RESULTS, AND TRAINING ■

ByJens J. Rassweiler, Tibet Erdogru, Marto Sugiono, Marzel Hrutza, Dogu Teber

chapter 60|12 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY: EXTRAPERITONEAL TECHNIQUE ■

ByClément-Claude Abbou, András Hoznek, Laurent Salomon, Matthew T. Gettman, Philippe Sebe

chapter 61|12 pages

ROBOTIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY: TECHNIQUE AND RESULTS ■

ByMelissa C. Fischer, James O. Peabody, Mani Menon, Ashok K. Hemal

chapter 62|16 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY: CURRENT STATUS ■

ByKarim A. Touijer, Edouard Trabulsi, Bertrand Guillonneau

chapter 63|10 pages

PORT SITE METASTASIS IN UROLOGIC LAPAROSCOPY ■

BySteven M. Baughman, Jay T. Bishoff

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SECTION VI. PEDIATRIC LAPAROSCOPY

chapter 64|10 pages

LAPAROSCOPY IN THE CHILD: SPECIFIC ISSUES ■

ByCraig A. Peters

chapter 65|12 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF THE UNDESCENDED NONPALPABLE TESTICLE ■

ByGerald H. Jordan, Linda Baker

chapter 66|4 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC URETERAL REIMPLANTATION ■

ByJonathan H. Ross, Richard Sutherland

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SECTION VII. HAND-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY

chapter 67|14 pages

HAND-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY ■

BySteven J. Shichman, Joseph R. Wagner

chapter 68|14 pages

HAND-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPY: CURRENT STATUS ■

ByJ. Stuart Wolf, Jr. and Stephen Y. Nakada

chapter 69|10 pages

GASLESS LAPAROSCOPY ■

ByKazuo Suzuki

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SECTION VIII. LAPAROSCOPY: DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES

chapter 70|10 pages

THORACOSCOPIC TRANSDIAPHRAGMATIC ADRENALECTOMY ■

ByMassimiliano Spaliviero, Anoop M. Meraney

chapter 71|6 pages

RENAL HYPOTHERMIA ■

ByAnup P. Ramani

chapter 72|4 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC RENOVASCULAR SURGERY ■

ByThomas H. S. Hsu

chapter 73|6 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY FOR THE HORSESHOE KIDNEY ■

ByHyung L. Kim, Peter Schulam

chapter 76|10 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SIMPLE PROSTATECTOMY ■

ByRene Sotelo Noguera, Alejandro Garcia-Segui

chapter 77|14 pages

TECHNIQUES FOR URETHROVESICAL ANASTOMOSIS IN LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY ■

ByRoland F. P. van Velthoven

chapter 78|6 pages

MINILAPAROSCOPIC UROLOGIC SURGERY ■

ByAnoop M. Meraney

chapter 79|10 pages

ROBOTIC SURGERY: OTHER APPLICATIONS ■

ByAmy E. Krambeck, Matthew T. Gettman

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SECTION IX. LAPAROSCOPIC COMPLICATIONS: ETIOLOGY, PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT

chapter 80|10 pages

VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS DURING UROLOGIC LAPAROSCOPY ■

ByJames R. Porter

chapter 81|12 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC COMPLICATIONS: GASTROINTESTINAL ■

ByRamakrishna Venkatesh, Jaime Landman

chapter 82|10 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC COMPLICATIONS: NEUROMUSCULAR ■

ByDan B. French, Robert Marcovich

chapter 83|6 pages

COMPLICATIONS: THORACIC ■

BySidney C. Abreu, João Batista G. Cerqueira, and Gilvan Neiva Fonseca

chapter 84|12 pages

GYNECOLOGIC INJURIES INVOLVING THE URINARY SYSTEM ■

ByJohn E. Jelovsek, Tommaso Falcone, Paul K. Tulikangas

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SECTION X. LAPAROSCOPY: SELECT ASPECTS

chapter 85|18 pages

IMMUNOLOGIC ASPECTS OF LAPAROSCOPY ■

ByProkar Dasgupta, Ben Challacombe

chapter 86|12 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY IN THE HIGH RISK PATIENT ■

ByAssaad El-Hakim, Benjamin R. Lee

chapter 87|14 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY DURING PREGNANCY ■

ByMichael D. Rollins, Raymond R. Price

chapter 88|4 pages

LAPAROSCOPY AND TRAUMA ■

ByAbraham A. Nisim, Daniel R. Margulies

chapter 89|8 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY ■

ByOsamu Ukimura

chapter 90|8 pages

FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF UROLOGIC LAPAROSCOPY ■

ByYair Lotan, Jeffrey A. Cadeddu

chapter 91|8 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY AND THE COMMUNITY UROLOGIST ■

ByScott D. Miller

chapter 92|26 pages

LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY: MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS ■

ByMichael Perrotti, Peter J. Millock, Michael E. Moran

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SECTION XI: THE FUTURE

chapter 93|8 pages

TISSUE ENGINEERING ■

ByJ. Daniell Rackley, Anthony Atala

chapter 94|6 pages

HYDRO-JET TECHNOLOGY ■

ByBijan Shekarriz

chapter 95|12 pages

TISSUE EXPANSION ■

ByJose R. Colombo, Jr., Osamu Ukimura, and Inderbir S. Gill

chapter 96|12 pages

EXTRACORPOREAL TISSUE TRIPSY IN UROLOGY ■

ByM. Marberger, Y. K. Fong

chapter 97|6 pages

TELEMENTORING AND TELESURGERY ■

ByMehran Anvari

chapter 98|32 pages

VIRTUAL REALITY AND SIMULATION IN UROLOGY ■

ByRobert M. Sweet, Jeffrey Berkley

chapter 100|4 pages

NANOTECHNOLOGY AND UROLOGY ■

ByIqbal S. Shergill, Manit Arya, Hiten Patel

chapter 101|6 pages

THE SURGEON OF THE FUTURE ■

ByRichard M. Satava