Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributing Authors -- Forewords -- Forewords to the Second Edition -- Forewords to the First Edition -- Preface -- 1 HISTORY OF MODERN OPERATIVE LAPAROSCOPY -- UNREASONABLENESS REDEFINED -- NEZHAT AND THE ADVENT OF ADVANCED OPERATIVE VIDEO-LAPAROSCOPY -- THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS? -- MAROONED IN MEDIOCRITY: THE EARLY 1970S JUST BEFORE VIDEO-LAPAROSCOPY -- Operative Procedures Achieved by the 1970s -- Aspiration of Ovarian Cysts - But Not Their Removal -- Tubal Sterilizations -- … Blizok lokotok, da ne ukusish -- ANOTHER CONUNDRUM -- An Overview of the Times - TV, Video, and Light Source Technologies -- A PARADOX - POOR RESOLUTION ALMOST FOILS THE THOUGHT -- BACKLASH TO LAPAROSCOPY FOR SECOND TIME IN THE 20TH CENTURY -- THE FROZEN TUNDRA OF BUFFALO - THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON IMAGINATION -- "FOREVER-SCOPY" -- COLLABORATION WITH INSTRUMENT MAKERS -- DELAYS IN PUBLICATIONS -- "AGONY IN THE GARDEN" - THE ERA OF HOSTILITY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 2 EQUIPMENT -- THE BASIC INSTRUMENTS -- The Laparoscope -- Primary Trocars -- Secondary Trocars -- Veress Needle -- Insufflator -- The Light Cord -- Light Sources -- Suction-Irrigator Probe and Hydrodissection Pump -- Forceps -- Scissors -- Biopsy Forceps -- Electrosurgical Generator and Bipolar Forceps -- Vessel-Sealing Systems -- Bipolar Vessel-Sealing Devices -- Harmonic Scalpel -- SPECIALIZED INSTRUMENTS -- Claw-Tooth and Spoon Forceps -- Clips -- Linear Stapler -- Myoma Screw -- Morcellator -- Specialized Graspers -- Laparoscopic Specimen Retrieval Bag -- Instruments for Trocar Port Dilation -- Aspiration-Injection Needle -- Uterine Manipulators -- Ceana Glove -- Instruments for Port Closure -- ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND -- Laparotomy-Type Instruments -- THE CAMERA -- Camera Equipment -- Basic Video Information -- Scanning Formats -- Resolution.

The Camera Box (CCU) -- The Monitor and Accessories -- Equipment Problems and Troubleshooting -- ROBOTICS -- OPERATING ROOM SETUP -- Position of Equipment -- Operating Tables -- Hydrodissection Pump -- Light Sources, Insufflator, and Electrogenerator -- Video Monitors -- Video Recording -- Lasers and Laser Equipment -- Preparation and Termination of the Procedure -- MANAGED HEALTH CARE -- REFERENCES -- 3 ANESTHESIA -- HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES DURING LAPAROSCOPY -- VENTILATORY CHANGES DURING LAPAROSCOPY -- METABOLIC AND RENAL RESPONSE TO LAPAROSCOPY -- INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS -- CO2 Embolism -- Pneumothorax, Pneumomediastinum, and Subcutaneous Emphysema -- Nerve Injury -- Fluid Balance -- Heat Loss -- ANESTHESIA CONSIDERATIONS -- Preoperative Evaluation and Premedication -- Choice of Anesthesia -- RECOVERY FROM ANESTHESIA -- Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting -- Pain Management -- REFERENCES -- 4 LAPAROSCOPIC ACCESS -- Section 4.1. Principles of Laparoscopy -- PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION -- PATIENT PREPARATION AND POSITION -- PLACEMENT OF THE VERESS NEEDLE -- Verification of Intraperitoneal Location -- Hanging Drop Method -- The Syringe Test -- Alternative Sites for Insertion -- PNEUMOPERITONEUM -- PLACEMENT OF THE PRIMARY TROCAR -- Conventional Technique -- Direct Insertion -- Open Laparoscopy -- ACCESSORY TROCARS -- Accessory Sites -- HIGH-RISK PATIENTS -- Body Habitus -- Bowel Distention -- Previous Laparotomy -- Special Techniques -- PELVIC EXPLORATION -- END OF THE OPERATION -- Release of Pneumoperitoneum -- Closure of Incisions -- POSTOPERATIVE CARE -- Common Postoperative Complaints -- REFERENCES -- Section 4.2. Laparoscopic Trocars and Complications -- DESIGNS -- COMPLICATIONS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 5 LAPAROSCOPIC SUTURING -- REFERENCES -- 6 INTRAPERITONEAL AND RETROPERITONEAL ANATOMY.

SUPERFICIAL INTRAPERITONEAL ANATOMY (LANDMARKS TO RETROPERITONEAL STRUCTURES) -- PELVIC BRIM -- PELVIC SIDEWALL -- First Layer of the Pelvic Sidewall -- Second Layer of the Pelvic SideWall -- Third Layer of the Pelvic SideWall -- PELVIC LYMPH NODES -- BASE OF THE BROAD LIGAMENT -- AVASCULAR SPACES OF THE PELVIS -- Prevesical (Retropubic) Space of Retzius -- Paravesical Space -- Pararectal Space -- Vesicovaginal and Rectovaginal Spaces -- Presacral (Retro-rectal) Space -- THE PARA-AORTIC REGION -- THE URETER -- REFERENCES -- 7 FERTILITY -- Section 7.1. Frontiers in Fertility -- AN OVARIAN TRANSPLANT CASE IN SUPPORT OF THE GERM STEM CELL HYPOTHESIS -- OOCYTE CRYOPRESERVATION -- History -- Slow Freezing of Mature Human Oocytes -- Vitrification of Mature Human Oocytes -- Cryopreservation of Immature Oocytes -- IN VITRO MATURATION OF OOCYTES -- History -- In Vitro Maturation of Oocytes from Antral Follicles -- IN VITRO MATURATION OF PREANTRAL AND PRIMORDIAL OOCYTES -- OVARIAN TISSUE CRYOPRESERVATION AND TRANSPLANTATION -- History -- Pharmacologic Ovarian Protection -- IVF with Antiestrogen Compounds -- Human Trials and Techniques -- Orthotopic Ovarian Cortical Strip Transplantation -- Heterotopic Ovarian Cortical Strip Transplantation -- Transplantation of an Intact Human Ovary with Its Vascular Pedicle -- Safety of Ovarian Transplantation -- Transmission of Cancer Cells -- HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS AND REPRODUCTION -- Totipotency of ESCs -- Derivation of Human ESCs -- Formation of Primordial Germ Cells from ESCs -- Detection of Primordial Germ Cell Formation In Vitro -- Generating Oocytes from ESCs -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Section 7.2. Assessment of the Endometrial Cavity in the Patient with Infertility -- DIAGNOSTIC MODALITIES -- Hysterosalpingography -- Transvaginal Sonography -- Sonohysterography -- Hysteroscopy.

PATHOLOGY AFFECTING THE ENDOMETRIAL CAVITY -- Endometrial Polyps -- Leiomyomata -- Uterine Septation -- Intrauterine Synechiae -- DES Exposure -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Section 7.3. Ultrasound Oocyte Retrieval -- HISTORY -- Patient Assessment and Ovarian Stimulation for ART -- TRANSVAGINAL OOCYTE RETRIEVAL PROCEDURE -- Room Setup -- Vacuum and Needle Setup -- Anesthesia -- Procedure Description -- Embryo Transfer -- Luteal Support -- REFERENCES -- Section 7.4. Ultrasonography and the Embryo Transfer -- ALTERNATE USE OF TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY (NOT ONLY FOR EMBRYO TRANSFER) -- The Catheter -- Alternate Techniques to Improve Transfer -- Confounding Variables on Ultrasonographically Guided Transfer -- REPEAT TRANSFERS AND VISUALIZATION OF THE CATHETER -- OPERATOR AT TRANSFER -- TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY -- ECTOPIC PREGNANCY -- TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY -- THREE- AND FOUR-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY -- AIR IN THE UTERINE CAVITY -- LOCATION OF TRANSFER -- ACTIVITY FOLLOWING TRANSFER -- ULTRASONOGRAPHY FOR NONCERVICAL TRANSFER -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Section 7.5. Salpingostomy and Salpingectomy -- SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HYDROSALPINGES -- CHOICE OF SURGICAL PROCEDURE -- SALPINGECTOMY -- TECHNIQUE FOR SALPINGECTOMY -- REFERENCES -- 8 HYSTEROSCOPY -- Section 8.1. Evaluation and Management of the Uterine Septum -- EMBRYOLOGY -- MORPHOLOGY -- WORK-UP -- PROCEDURE -- Preoperative -- Surgery -- Gynecoradiologic Procedures -- Postoperative Management -- Results -- Complications -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Section 8.2. Intrauterine Adhesions: Hysteroscopic Evaluation and Treatment -- ETIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY -- DIAGNOSIS AND INDICATIONS FOR TREATMENT -- METHODS OF TREATMENT -- INTRA- AND POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT -- RESULTS OF TREATMENT -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Section 8.3. Hysteroscopic Myomectomy -- HISTORY.

INSTRUMENTATION -- DISTENTION MEDIA -- PATIENT EVALUATION AND PREPARATION -- THE PROCEDURE -- LONG-TERM RESULTS : MENORRHAGIA AND FERTILITY -- NEW TECHNIQUES -- REFERENCES -- Section 8.4. Hysteroscopic Tubal Cannulation -- DIAGNOSIS OF PROXIMAL TUBAL BLOCK -- MANAGEMENT OF PROXIMAL TUBAL BLOCKAGE -- TECHNIQUE -- REFERENCES -- Section 8.5. Hysteroscopic Sterilization -- ESSURE -- Description and Mechanism of Action -- Clinical Use and Technique -- Histologic Studies -- Rate of Bilateral Micro-insert Placement and Tubal Occlusion -- Pregnancy Rates -- Patient Tolerance and Adverse Events -- Other Considerations -- OTHER PRODUCTS -- Ovion -- Adiana -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Section 8.6. Global Endometrial Ablation -- THERMACHOICE -- Methodology -- Risk Factors -- Outcomes -- NOVASURE -- Risk Factors -- Outcomes -- CRYOGEN -- Methodology -- Risk Factors -- Outcomes -- MICROWAVE ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION -- Methodology -- Risk Factors -- Outcomes -- HYDROTHERMABLATOR -- Methodology -- Risk Factors -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 9 MANAGEMENT OF ADNEXAL MASSES -- Section 9.1. The Adnexal Mass -- ETIOLOGY -- Premenarchal Patient -- Reproductive-Age Patient -- Postmenopausal Patient -- CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND EVALUATION -- History and Physical Exam -- The Role of Pelvic Imaging -- Laboratory Studies -- MANAGEMENT -- Indications for Surgery -- Use of Laparoscopy -- Adnexal Mass in Pregnancy -- KEY POINTS -- REFERENCES -- Section 9.2. Ovarian Cystectomy -- INTRODUCTION -- PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION -- Physical Examination -- Ultrasound -- Serum Markers -- Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Cyst Aspiration -- TREATMENT -- Medical Treatment -- Recommended Approach -- Intraoperative Therapy -- Ovarian Cystectomy -- Benign Cystic Teratomas -- REFERENCES -- Section 9.3. Laparoscopic Operations on the Ovary -- OVARIAN BIOPSIES.

INDICATIONS FOR OOPHORECTOMY.