Minimally Invasive Foregut Surgery for Malignancy

Foreword Preface Contributors 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. Papenfuss and Todd L. Demmy 6. Pathogenesis of Gastric Cancer Fatima Carneiro and Heike Grabsch 7. Standards for Surgical Therapy of Gastric Cancer Roderich E. Schwarz 8. Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Gastric Cancer--Its Indication, Technique, and Our Experience Hiroki Sato and Haruhiro Inoue 9. Multimodality Therapy in Gastric Cancer Usha Malhotra and Mei Ka Fong 10. Laparoscopic Transhiatal Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Dido Franceschi, Elizabeth Paulus, Danny Yakoub 11. Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy with EEA Anastomosis R. Taylor Ripley, David D. Odell, James D. Luketich 12. Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy with Side-Side Thoracic Anastomosis Kfir Ben-David and Isaac Motamarry 13. Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Transhiatal Esophagectomy with Cervical Anastomosis Moshim Kukar and Steven N. Hochwald 14. Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy with Colonic Interposition Christopher Armstrong, Monica T. Young and Ninh T. Nguyen 15. Thoracolaparoscopic Esophagectomy in the Prone Position for Carcinoma of the Esophagus C. Palanivelu, P. Praveen Raj, P. Senthilnathan and R. Parthasarathi 16. Thoracoscopic Enucleation of Esophageal Benign Tumors Yusuke Kimura, Akira Sasaki, Toru Obuchi, Takeshi Iwaya, Yuji Akiyama, Masafumi Konosu, Fumitaka Endo, Koki Otsuka, Hiroyuki Nitta, Keisuke Koeda, Go Wakabayashi 17. Minimally Invasive Feeding Tube and Esophageal Stent Placement Erin Schumer and Robert CG Martin II 18. Robotic Utilization in Esophageal Cancer Surgery Richard van Hillegersberg, Roy J.J. Verhage, Pieter C. van der Sluis, Jelle P.H. Ruurda, Christiaan Kroese 19. Minimally Invasive Intragastric Surgery D. Mutter and M. Nedelcu 20. Laparoscopic Partial Gastrectomy Georgios Rossidis 21. Principles and Practice of Laparoscopic Gastrectomy with Gastroduodenostomy (Billroth I) Sang-Hoon Ahn and Hyung-Ho Kim 22. Laparoscopic Subtotal Gastrectomy with Gastrojejunostomy and D2 Lymphadenectomy Joshua Ellenhorn 23. Laparoscopic Proximal Gastrectomy with Double Tract Anastomosis Yukinori Kurokawa, Noriko Wada, Shuji Takiguchi and Yuichiro Doki 24. Laparoscopy-Assisted Total Gastrectomy Nobuhiko Tanigawa, Sang-Woong Lee and George Bouras 25. Robotic Utilization in Gastric Cancer Surgery Kaitlyn J. Kelly and Vivian E. Strong Index