Atlas of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Esophageal Carcinoma, 2010

Esophageal cancer remains both a life-threatening disease and an everyday challenge for both patients and surgeons. Controversies regarding its management are prevalent, creating con- sion and uncertainties. Preoperative mortality and morbidity, limited overall and disease-free survival, and dismal prognosis make decision making regarding the choice of management dif? cult. Prof. Puntambekar is an enthusiastic surgeon, full of energy and inspiration. This young colleague offers contemporary possibilities for management of esophageal carcinoma. Prof. Cuesta is an experienced surgeon working in Europe. These two authors have compiled their work in this atlas and enrich the reader with experience encompassing two different c- tinents. This book is an update of novel surgical techniques of combined thoracoscopic and laparoscopic approach in minimally invasive management of esophageal carcinoma. Prof. Puntambekar?s outstanding experience and expertise in this ? eld is fully illustrated in this book in a step-by-step description of the operative procedures. This book should be regarded as a landmark for the surgical management of esophageal carcinoma. The book is distinctive and the technical steps are original, re? ecting a deep knowledge of the regional anatomy and a unique ability of visual and operative orientation.

Surgery for Cancer of the Esophagus “The Continuing Evolution”.- Minimally Invasive Surgery in Esophageal Cancer: World Literature.- Staplers in Gastro-Esophageal Cancer Surgery.- Thoracoscopic and Laparoscopic Esophagectomy with Two-Field Nodal Clearance.- Laparoscopic Transhiatal Esophagectomy.- Thoracoscopic Esophageal Resection for Cancer in Prone Decubitus Position: Operative Technique.- Laparoscopic Transhiatal Resection for Distal and Gastro-Esophageal Junction Cancer: Operative Technique.- Robot-Assisted Thoracolaparoscopic Esophagectomy.

Dr. Puntambekar –Consultant Laparoscopic and Oncosurgeon who specializes in surgery and oncosurgery, for the last nine years he has been working as a Consultant in Oncosurgery and as a Associate Professor in King Edward Memorial Hospital in Poona (Pune), India. His field of experience includes general and oncologic procedures for GI, Urology and Gynaecological pathologies. His numerous publications include, Role Of Anterior Exenteration In Advanced And Recurrent Pelvic Cancers (Journal of Pelvic Surgery Sep2002), and Laparoscopic Anterior Exenteration (Gynaecologic Oncology 2006). He is the winner of Golden Laparoscope Award at AAGL meeting in Chicago, USA in 2005 for the best video on ‘laparoscopic ureteroneocystostomy with Psoas hitch’, and has conducted training for the International Laparoscopic Surgeons at the Galaxy Laparoscopy Institute since July 2005. At present, his Pune centre is famous for the workshops it conducts in the field of laparoscopic oncosurgery.