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A Practical Manual of Laparoscopy

* Uses extraordinary new illustrative technology to show and teach the basic concepts through advanced procedures in laparoscopy
* Features a clear, practical cookbook format for quick grasp of essential material
* Covers everything needed for student gynecologists and residents learning laparoscopic surgery

This is a pictorially stunning, all-inclusive, eminently authoritative how-to textbook of laparoscopic surgery covering the entire field from pelvic anatomy to advanced bowel and cancer surgery and featuring a brilliantly lucid, new style of medical illustration that uses expert graphic artistry combined with computer-enhanced photographs to present beautifully detailed drawings of unmatched educational value. Written and illustrated with special clarity in "cookbook" format for easy reading and optimum comprehension, this intensely practical new manual of laparoscopic surgery is in twenty-four chapters by renowned authors detailing basic concepts as well as advanced procedures. The first chapters cover pelvic anatomy seen through the laparoscope, instrumentation and equipment, patient preparation, anaesthesia in laparoscopy, pneumoperitoneum creation, energy systems in laparoscopy, laparoscopic suturing, and tubal sterilisation. Further chapters cover advanced tubal surgery, adhesiolysis, ectopic pregnancy, ovarian surgery, pelvic pain, endometriosis, hysterectomy, myomectomy, stress incontinence, presacral neurectomy, pelvic floor surgery, laparoscopy in adolescent patients, anomalies and agenesis, complications, laparoscopic bowel surgery, and laparoscopy in the treatment of cancer. Incorporating the authors' lists of recommended readings, this is a masterfully produced practical manual of laparoscopy for student gynecologists and residents, indisputably the premiere demonstration textbook in its field.