- Covers hot topics such as Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS), sentinel lymph node mapping, and minimally invasive surgery (robotic surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery, and single site surgery).
- Includes expert coverage of reconstructive surgery, colorectal surgery, urology, and vascular surgery, each written by surgeon leaders in that particular field.
- Addresses the diagnosis, management and prevention of surgical complications.
- Features videos online that guide you through a multitude of procedures, including abdominal exploration using laparoscopy for evaluation of cytoreduction in advanced ovarian cancer, laparoscopic hysterectomies with sentinel lymph node mapping, radical hysterectomy, robotic radical trachelectomy, and more.
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Principles of abdominal and pelvic surgery
III. Abdominal and Pelvic Anatomy
IV. Vulvar/Vaginal Cancer 1. Preoperative evaluation 2. Vulvectomy and sentinel node mapping 3. Groin lymphadenectomy 4. Vaginectomy 5. Management of surgical complications
V. Cervical Cancer 1. Preoperative evaluation 2. Indications for surgery for early- and locally advanced disease 3. Conservative surgery 4. Radical hysterectomy 5. Sentinel node mapping 6. Surgical staging for treatment planning 7. Management of surgical complications
VI. Endometrial Cancer 1. Preoperative evaluation 2. Indications for sentinel node mapping and lymphadenectomy 3. Technique of standard hysterectomy and lymphadenectomy
VII. Ovarian Cancer 1. Preoperative evaluation 2. Indications for laparoscopic assessment for cytoreduction 3. Radical upper abdominal surgery (liver, diaphragm, spleen) 4. Radical pelvic surgery 5. Complications and management of radical cytoreduction
VIII. Pelvic Exenteration 1. Preoperative evaluation 2. Removal of specimen (would refer to other chapters for bowel surgery, creation of urinary conduit, and reconstruction) 3. Complications of exenteration
IX. Surgery on the Intestinal Tract 1. Principles (vascularity, tension free, hand sewn vs stapled, etc) 2. Small bowel resection/anastomosis 3. Large bowel resection/anastomosis 4. Creation of a stomae 5. Complications and management of complications
X. Surgery on the Urinary Tract 1. Principles 2. Repair of cystotomy 3. Reimplantation of ureter 4. Creation of neobladders (incontinent pouches, continent pouches, etc) 5. Complications and management
XI. Pelvic Reconstructive Procedures 1. Rectus abdominus flap 2. Gracilis flap 3. Continent and incontinent urinary diversion
XII. Management of General Complications 1. GI injuries 2. GU injuries 3. Vascular injuries
XIII. Management of Radiation Complications 1. Radiation-related bowel obstruction 2. Fistulae 3. Radiation necrosis
XIV. Novel Surgery in Gynecologic Oncology 1. Image-guided surgery 2. Single-site minimally invasive surgery 3. Robotic surgery
Authors
Pedro T. Ramirez Professor, Department of Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States. Pedro T. Ramirez MD is Professor of Gynecologic Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He has authored and co-authored 264 scientific publications and has written 19 book chapters, monographs, and invited articles. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer. In addition, he is the Director of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Gynecologic Oncology Program at MD Anderson Cancer Center.Dr. Ramirez is the Principal Investigator of numerous prospective trials, including the LACC Trial. His areas of research interest include outcomes of minimally invasive surgery in gynecologic cancers and enhanced recovery after surgery implementation pathways. Michael Frumovitz Professor and Associate Chief Patient Experience Officer, Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center. Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum Professor Weill Cornell Medical College, Chief, Gynecology Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
