Endoscopic Surgery in Infants and Children

It is an unparalleled reference work on endoscopic surgical techniques in children. It contains 111 chapters, starting
with 8 basic chapters, to be followed by 20 chapters on thoracoscopic procedures, 41 chapters on endoscopic surgical
gastrointestinal, hepatic, pancreatic and splenic procedures, and 30 chapters on endoscopic surgical urology and
adrenalectomy. Further topics are covered and the book also deals with endoscopic surgery in oncological conditions
and
in trauma as well. This practical book is illustrated with about 1000 drawings and color photographs.

Basics.


Basics
Chapter 1
Why Endoscopic Surgery? 1

Chapter 2
Equipment and Instruments 7

Chapter 3
Robotics 25

Chapter 4
Future Technology 33

Chapter 5
Ergonomics of Task Performance in Endoscopic Surgery 39

Chapter 6
Training in Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery 51

Chapter 7
Physiologic Responses to Endoscopic Surgery 55

Chapter 8
Complications of Endoscopic Surgery in Infants and Children 61


Neck
Chapter 9
Cervicoscopy, A Minimally Invasive Approach
for the Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Thymus in Children 71

Chest
Chapter 10
Anesthesia for Pediatric Thoracoscopic Surgery 83

Chapter 11
Thoracoscopy in Infants and Children: Basic Techniques 89

Chapter 12
Implantation of a Nuss Bar Under Thoracoscopic Guidance 95

Chapter 13
Thoracoscopic Drainage and Debridement of Empyema 105

Chapter 14
The Thoracoscopic Approach to Pneumothorax in Children 111

Chapter 15
Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy 117

Chapter 16
Thoracoscopic Lobectomy in Infants and Children 123

Chapter 17
Thoracoscopic Management of Esophageal Duplications,
Bronchogenic Cysts, and Extralobar Sequestration 131

Chapter 18
The Role of Thoracoscopy for the Resection
of Pulmonary Metastasis 137

Chapter 19
Thoracoscopy and Hydatid Cyst of the Lung 145

Chapter 20
Thoracoscopic Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus
in Infants and Children 151

Chapter 21
Aortosternopexy for Tracheomalacia 157

Chapter 22
Thoracoscopic Venous Vascular Access 163

Chapter 23
Thoracoscopic Treatment of Palmar Hyperhidrosis 169

Chapter 24
Thoracoscopic Treatment of Chylothorax 175

Chapter 25
Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery for Thymectomy 179

Chapter 26
Thoracoscopic Removal of Neurogenic Mediastinal Tumors 189

Chapter 27
The Thoracoscopic Approach to Esophageal Atresia
with Distal Fistula 199

Chapter 28
Thoracoscopic Repair of Esophageal Atresia without Fistula 207

Chapter 29
The Thoracoscopic Approach
to H Type Tracheoesophageal Fistula 221

Abdomen
General
Chapter 30
Anesthesia for Pediatric Laparoscopy 227

Chapter 31
The Basics of Laparoscopy 233

Abdomen
Gastrointestinal Tract
Chapter 32
Esophageal Achalasia 245

Chapter 33
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication 253

Chapter 34
Laparoscopic Fundoplication According to Toupet 261

Chapter 35
Laparoscopic Thal Fundoplication in Infants and Children 267

Chapter 36
Laparoscopic Gastrostomy 275

Chapter 37
Laparoscopic Pyloromyotomy 281


Chapter 38
Laparoscopic Jejunostomy 287

Chapter 39
Laparoscopic Treatment of Duodenal and Jejunal Atresia
and Stenosis 293

Chapter 40
Intestinal Malrotation 299

Chapter 41
Laparoscopic Approach in Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction 305

Chapter 42
Laparoscopic Treatment of Meckel’s Diverticulum 309

Chapter 43
Laparoscopic Approach to Intussusception 315

Chapter 44
Laparoscopic Treatment of Enteric Duplications
and Other Abdominal Cystic Masses 321

Chapter 45
Laparoscopic Continent Appendicostomy in the Management
of Fecal Incontinence and Constipation 327

Chapter 46
Laparoscopic Cecostomy and Sigmoidostomy Button 335

Chapter 47
Laparoscopic Appendectomy in Children 339

Chapter 48
Laparoscopic Management of Crohn’s Disease 349

Chapter 49
Total Colectomy with J Pouch 355

Chapter 50
Hand-assisted Colectomy 361

Chapter 51
Endorectal Pull-through for Hirschsprung’s Disease 367

Chapter 52
Laparoscopic-assisted Treatment of Hirschsprung’s
Disease According to Duhamel 375

Chapter 53
Laparoscopic Rectopexy 385

Chapter 54
Georgeson’s Procedure: Laparoscopically Assisted Anorectoplasty
for High Anorectal Malformations 391

Chapter 55
Laparoscopy in the Treatment of Female Infants
with Anorectal Malformations 399

Abdomen
Liver and Biliary Tree
Chapter 56
Laparoscopic Treatment of Hydatid Disease of the Liver 409

Chapter 57
Laparoscopic Liver Surgery 417

Chapter 58
Laparoscopic Kasai Portoenterostomy for Biliary Atresia 423

Chapter 59
Laparoscopic Excision of Choledochal Cyst
with Hepaticojejunostomy 431

Chapter 60
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy 439


Abdomen
Spleen
Chapter 61
Splenectomy 447

Chapter 62
Partial Splenectomies by Laparoscopy in Children 455

Abdomen
Pancreas
Chapter 63
Laparoscopic Approaches to the Pancreas 463

Chapter 64
Laparoscopic Approach in Persistent Hyperinsulinemic
Hypoglycemia in Infancy 471

Abdomen
Shunts and Catheters
Chapter 65
Laparoscopy and Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts 477
Klaas (N) M.A. Bax and David C. van der Zee
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Chapter 66
Endoscopic Surgery for Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters
in Children 485
Haluk Emir
Abdomen
Abdominal Trauma
Chapter 67
Abdominal Trauma 499
Thomas Pranikoff
Abdomen
Abdominal Oncology
Chapter 68
Laparoscopy for Pediatric Abdominal Malignancies 509
Shawn D. St. Peter and George W. Holcomb
Abdomen
Abdominal Pain
Chapter 69
Chronic Abdominal Pain of Childhood 523
Perry W. Stafford
Abdomen
Sacrococcygeal Teratoma
Chapter 70
Laparoscopic Approach to Sacrococcygeal Teratomas 531
Klaas (N) M.A. Bax and David C. van der Zee
Abdomen
Obesity Surgery
Chapter 71
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding in Adolescents 539
Steven R. Allen, Mark L. Wulkan and Thomas H. Inge
Contents􀃈 XVII
Chapter 72
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Principles
and Procedures 549
Steven R. Allen and Thomas H. Inge
Diaphragm
Chapter 73
Laparoscopic Treatment of Morgagni-Larrey
Diaphragmatic Hernia 555
Mario Lima, Marcello Domini, and Antonio Aquino
Chapter 74
Thoracoscopy for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia 563
Francois Becmeur, Stephane Grandadam
Chapter 75
Laparoscopic Repair of Diaphragmatic Defects: Congenital
Diaphragmatic Hernia (of Bochdalek) and Eventration 569
Thane A. Blinman and Steven S. Rothenberg
Abdominal Wall
Chapter 76
Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy 575
Felix Schier
Chapter 77
Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair 585
Tamir H. Keshen
Chapter 78
Inguinal Herniotomy: Laparoscopic-assisted
Extraperitoneal Technique 591
C.K. Yeung and K.H. Lee
Chapter 79
Laparoscopic Contralateral Groin Exploration
During Inguinal Hernia Repair 597
Douglas C. Barnhart
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Adrenal Gland
Chapter 80
Transperitoneal Adrenalectomy 603
D. Denison Jenkins, Karl G. Sylvester, and Craig T. Albanese
Chapter 81
Endoscopic Retroperitoneal Adrenalectomy in Children:
Lateral Approach 611
Jean-Stephane Valla and Henri Steyaert
Chapter 82
Laparoscopic Approach to Abdominal Neuroblastoma 617
Tadashi Iwanaka
Urogenital Tract
Chapter 83
Introduction to Minimal Access Surgery in Pediatric Urology 629
Jean-Stephane Valla
Chapter 84
Basic Technique: Retroperitoneoscopic Approach
in the Lateral Position 633
Jean-Stephane Valla
Chapter 85
Total Nephrectomy: Transperitoneal Approach 639
Manoj U. Shenoy and Duncan T. Wilcox
Chapter 86
Total Nephrectomy: Lateral Retroperitoneoscopic Approach 643
Jean-Stephane Valla and Henri Steyaert
Chapter 87
Total Nephrectomy: Prone Retroperitoneoscopic Approach 651
Craig A. Peters
Chapter 88
Laparoscopic Heminephrectomy 659
C.K. Yeung, Holger Till, and Peter Borzi
Contents􀃈 XIX
Chapter 89
Laparoscopic Dismembered Pyeloplasty for Ureteropelvic
Junction Obstruction: Transperitoneal Approach 665
Felix Schier
Chapter 90
Retroperitoneoscopic Dismembered Pyeloplasty 673
C.K. Yeung and N. Magsanoc􀁑􀁑􀁑
Chapter 91
Minimally Invasive Surgery and Management
of Urinary Tract Stone in Children 681
Jean-Stephane Valla, C.K. Yeung, and Henri Steyaert
Chapter 92
Retroperitoneoscopic Treatment of Retrocaval Ureter 689
Jean-Stephane Valla and Alaa El Ghoneimi
Chapter 93
Complicated Ureteroceles with Non-functioning
Renal Moieties in Duplex Kidneys:
One-stage Radical Laparoscopic Treatment 693
C.K. Yeung, S.K. Chowdhary, and J.D. Sihoe
Chapter 94
Urachal Abnormalities 701
John F. Bealer and Steven S. Rothenberg
Chapter 95
Minimally Invasive Techniques for Lower Urinary Tract
Reconstruction 707
Steven G. Docimo and Rajen Butani
Chapter 96
Laparoscopic Bladder Neck Reconstruction 715
C.K. Yeung and J.D. Sihoe
Chapter 97
Laparoscopic Ureteric Reimplantation (Extravesical) 725
Anthony Atala
Chapter 98
Endoscopic Cross-trigonal Ureteric Reimplantation
Under Carbon Dioxide Pneumovesicum 729
C.K. Yeung
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Chapter 99
Laparoscopic Treatment of Utricular Cysts 737
Mario Lima, Antonio Aquino, and Marcello Domini
Chapter 100
Diagnosis of Non-palpable Testis 743
Fabio Ferro
Chapter 101
Laparoscopic Treatment of Non-palpable Testis 753
Ciro Esposito
Chapter 102
Transperitoneal Laparoscopic Treatment of Varicocele 759
Gordon A. MacKinlay
Chapter 103
One-port Retroperitoneoscopic Varicocelectomy in Children 765
and Adolescents
Jean-Stephane Valla
Chapter 104
Laparoscopy in Functional Ovarian Cysts in Neonates 771
Maria Marcela Bailez
Chapter 105
Laparoscopy of Functional Ovarian Cysts
and Mesosalpinx Cysts in Peripuberal Girls 777
Maria Marcela Bailez
Chapter 106
Laparoscopic Ovary-sparing Surgery
in Benign Ovarian Neoplasms 783
Maria Marcela Bailez
Chapter 107
Laparoscopy in (Doubtful) Malignant Adnexal Pathology,
Ovarian Torsion Beyond the Neonatal Period, Endometriosis,
and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease 787
Benno M. Ure and Jean-Stephane Valla
Chapter 108
Laparoscopy in Uterovaginal Anomalies 791
Maria Marcela Bailez
Contents􀃈 XXI
Chapter 109
Laparoscopy in Intersex Patients Raised as Females 805
Maria Marcela Bailez
Orthopedics
Chapter 110
Thoracoscopic Anterior Spinal Procedures in Children 811
Steven S. Rothenberg
Fetal Surgery
Chapter 111
Endoscopic Access to the Fetus 815
Karl G. Sylvester and Craig T. Albanese
Subject Index 825