Complications in Laparoscopic Surgery

Foreword.- Preface.- 1. Creating the pneumoperitoneum.- 2. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy.- 3. Laparoscopic management of gastroesophageal reflux disease.- 4. Colorectal laparoscopic surgery.- 5. Minimally invasive spleen surgery.- 6. Laparoscopic hernia repair: transabdominal preperitoneal technique (TAPP).- 7. Laparoscopic hernia repair: totally extraperitoneal technique (TEP).

Cavit Avci is Professor Emeritus (since 1990) in general surgery. He is contractual teacher, since 1986 at the "School of Surgery, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI". He is the leader of initiation for laparoscopic surgery in Turkey; founding president of the Turkish Society of Endoscopic Laparoscopic Surgery (ELCD), creator and chief editor of the Periodique Journal of the ELCD, founding director of the only videoscopic surgery school in Turkey, in Istanbul University and has been the president of the biannual national congress of endoscopic laparoscopic surgery since 1990-91. He is the chief editor of the "Videoscopic Surgery" (in Turkish Textbook-2006), and also of three volumes of "Vidéo Atlas Chirurgie Herniaire" (Springer-Verlag France, Paris 2010), the author of chapter "Teletraining in Minimal Access Surgery "in book; Training in Minimal Access Surgery (Springer-in press, 2015). Tele training and tele education are its principal occupations since some years. He is the founding director, and currently consultant of the ISTEM (Continuing Medical Education and Training Centre of Istanbul University), director of the Turkish Telemedicine Project, board member of ESTeH (European Society of Telemedicine and e Health) and responsible of distance education of the European School of Laparoscopic Surgery in Brussels. He is a member of many different national-international scientific societies, honorary member of the AFC (French Association of Surgery), member of the French Academy of Surgery, member of the French Academy of Medicine, member and former President of MMESA (Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Endoscopic Surgery Association ), member of EAES (European Association for Endoscopic Surgery).

Professor José M. Schiappa completed his specialisation in General Surgery in 1976 and trained in London (St. James's Hospital and St. George's Hide Park Corner, Lord Smith of Marlow - Sir Rodney Smith - and Mr. Michael Knight / Royal Free Hospital, Prof. Hobbs),