General Principles -- Positioning and Accesses -- Retractors and Principles of Exposure -- Surgical Staplers -- Principles of Drainage -- Esophagus, Stomach and Duodenum -- Cervical Esophagectomy -- Left Thoracoabdominal Approach for Carcinoma of the Lower Esophagus and Gastric Cardia -- Subtotal Esophagectomy: Transhiatal Approach -- Subtotal En Bloc Esophagectomy: Abdominothoracic Approach -- Abdominothoracic En Bloc Esophagectomy with High Intrathoracic Anastomosis -- Limited Resection of the Gastroesophageal Junction with Isoperistaltic Jejunal Interposition -- Three-Field Lymphadenectomy for Esophageal Cancer -- Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy -- Zenker’s Diverticula: Open Approach -- Endoscopic Treatment of Zenker’s Diverticulum -- Epiphrenic Diverticula -- Techniques of Local Esophagoplasty in Short Esophageal Strictures -- Operation for Achalasia -- Subtotal Gastrectomy, Antrectomy, Billroth II and Roux-en-Y Reconstruction and Local Excision in Complicated Gastric Ulcers -- Total Gastrectomy with Conventional Lymphadenectomy -- Total Gastrectomy with Radical Systemic Lymphadenectomy (Japanese Procedure) -- Transhiatal Esophagogastrectomy -- Laparoscopic Gastrectomy -- Gastroenterostomy -- Conventional Gastrostomy (Kader Procedure): Temporary or Permanent Gastric Fistula -- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy -- Laparoscopic-Assisted Gastrostomy -- Operation for GERD: Laparoscopic Approach -- Operation for GERD: Conventional Approach -- Operation for Paraesophageal Hernia -- Management of the Duodenal Stump -- Operation for Morbid Obesity -- Pancreas-Sparing Duodenectomy -- Liver -- Terminology of Liver Anatomy and Resections: The Brisbane 2000 Terminology -- Techniques of Liver Parenchyma Dissection -- Techniques of Vascular Exclusion and Caval Resection -- Hanging Maneuver for Anatomic Hemihepatectomy (Including Living-Donor Liver Transplantation) -- Liver Resections -- Right Hemihepatectomy -- Left Hemihepatectomy -- Extended Hemihepatectomies -- Segmentectomies, Sectionectomies and Wedge Resections -- Laparoscopic Liver Resection -- Cryosurgery -- Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors -- Selective Hepatic Intra-arterial Chemotherapy -- Unroofing and Resection for Benign Non-Parasitic Liver Cysts -- Pericystectomy for Hydatid Liver Cyst -- Special Maneuvers in Liver Trauma -- Technique of Multi-Organ Procurement (Liver, Pancreas, and Intestine) -- Orthotopic Liver Transplantation -- Partial Cadaveric Liver Transplantation: Donor Procedure and Implantation -- Right Living Donor Hemihepatectomy -- Living Donor Transplantation: Left Hemiliver Donor Procedure and Implantation -- Auxiliary Liver Transplantation -- Biliary Tract and Gallbladder -- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Open Cholecystectomy and Cholecystostomy -- Resection of Gallbladder Cancer, Including Surgical Staging -- Exploration of the Common Bile Duct: The Laparoscopic Approach -- Bile Duct Resection -- Resection of the Mid Common Bile Duct -- Intrahepatic Biliodigestive Anastomosis Without Indwelling Stent -- The Ligamentum Teres Approach and Other Approaches to the Intrahepatic Ducts for Palliative Bypass -- Choledochojejunostomy and Cholecystojejunostomy -- Choledochoduodenostomy -- Reconstruction of Bile Duct Injuries -- Operative Treatment of Choledochal Cysts -- Portal Hypertension -- Distal Splenorenal Shunt -- Low-Diameter Mesocaval Shunt -- 8MM Interposition Portacaval Shunt -- Portacaval Shunts: Side-To-Side and End-To-Side -- Gastroesophageal Devascularization: Sugiura Type Procedures -- Pancreas -- Drainage of Pancreatic Pseudocysts -- Denervation: Pain Management -- Enteric Ductal Drainage for Chronic Pancreatitis -- Resection for Neoplasms of the Pancreas -- Enteric Drainage of Pancreatic Fistulas with Onlay Roux-en-Y Limb -- Sphincteroplasty for Pancreas Divisum -- Sphincterotomy/Sphincteroplasty for Papillary Dysfunction: Stenosing Papillitis -- Pancreatic Enucleation -- Transduodenal Resection of Periampullary Villous Neoplasms -- Pancreas Transplantation -- Chronic Pancreatitis -- Exploration of the Gastrinoma Triangle -- Necrosectomy -- Laparoscopic Staging of Periampullary Neoplasms -- Distal Pancreatectomy -- Spleen -- Open Splenectomy -- Laparoscopic Splenectomy -- Partial Splenectomy, Open and Laparoscopic -- Splenic Preservation and Splenic Trauma -- Laparoscopic Unroofing of Splenic Cysts.