�� Ŀ ��INTRODUCTION ��ABDOMINALWALL ��ESOPHAGUS ��STOMACHANDDUODENUM ��INTESTINEANDCOLON ��RECTUMANDANUS ��IVER ��GALLBLADDERANDBILE DUCTS ��PANCREAS ��SPLEENANDADRENAL Ŀ � Contributors ix Preface ��INTRODUCTION 1.A Focused History of Surgery 2.Preoperative and PostoperativeManagement 3.Endoscopy and Endoscopic Intervention 4.Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery 5.Laparoscopic Staging and Approaches toCancer ��ABDOMINAL WALL 6.Incisions, Closures, and Management of the Abdominal Wound 7.Hernias 8.Perspective on Hernias 9. Intestinal Stomas 10.Abdominal Abscess and EntericFistulae 11.Gastrointestinal Bleeding 12.Management of Abdominal Trauma 13.Abdominal Vascular Emergencies ��ESOPHAGUS 14.Benign Esophageal Disorders 15.Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Hiatal Hernia (Including Paraesophageal) 14.Perspective on Benign Esophageal Disease 16.Cancer of the Esophagus 17.Surgical Procedures to Resect and Replace theEsophagus 18.Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery of the Esophagus 19.Perspective on Malignant Esophageal Disease ��STOMACH AND DUODENUM 20.Benign Gastric Disorders 21.Gastric Adenocarcinoma and Other Gastric Neoplasms (Except Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors) 22.Perspective on Gastric Cancer 23. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors C/›andrajitP. Raut 24. Perspective on Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors 25.Stomach and Duodenum: Operative Procedures 26.Morbid Obesity and Its Surgical Treatment 27.Perspective on Morbid Obesity and Its Surgical Treatment ��INTESTINE AND COLON 28. Small Bowel Obstruction 29. Tumors of the Small Intestine 30. Appendix, Meckel’s, and Other Small Bowel Diverticula 31.Diverticular Disease and Colonic Volvulus 32.Crohn’s Disease 33.Ulcerative Colitis 34.Perspective on inflammatory Bowel Disease 35.Laparoscopic Colorectal Procedures 36.Perspective on Colonic Neoplasms ��RECTUM AND ANUS 801 37.Benign Disorders of the Anorectum (Pelvic Floor, Fissures, Hemorrhoids, and Fistulas) 38.Cancer of the Rectum 39.Perspective on Rectal Cancer 40. Cancer of the Anus ��LIVER 41. Hepatic Abscess and Cystic Disease of the Liver 42. Benign and Malignant Primary Liver Neoplasms 43. Hepatic Colorectal Metastases: Resection,Pumps, and Ablation 44.Perspective on Liver Surgery 45.Portal Hypertension ��GALLBLADDER AND BILE DUCTS 993 46. Cholecystitis andCholelithiasis 47.Choledocholithiasis and Cholangitis 48.Choledochal Cyst and Benign BiliaryStrictures 49.Cancer of the Gallbladder and BileDucts 50. Laparoscopic Biliary Procedures ��PANCREAS 51.Management of AcutePancreatitis 52.Complications of Acute Pancreatitis (Including Pseudocysts) 53.Chronic Pancreatitis 54.Perspective on Management of Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis 55.Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas 56.Cancers of the Periampullary Region and thePancreas 57.Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas 58.Perspective on Pancreatic Neoplasms ��SPLEEN AND ADRENAL 59.The Spleen 60. Adrenalectomy Index