Single-Access Laparoscopic Surgery

Foreword.- Preface.- 1.Introduction: From Multiport Laparoscopic Surgery to Single Port Laparoscopic Surgery.- 2.Single Access Laparoscopic Appendectomy.- 3.Single-access Laparoscopic Abdominal Wall Defect Repair.- 4.Single-access Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.- 5.Single-access Laparoscopic Surgery for Obesity.- 6.Single-access Laparoscopic Approach for Gastric Surgery (Hiatal Hernia Repair and Gastric Resections).- 7.Single-access Laparoscopic Splenectomy.- 8.Single-access Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy.- 9.Single-access Laparoscopic Left Hemicolectomy.- 10.Single-access Laparoscopic Rectal Anterior Resection.- 11.Single-access Laparoscopic Approach for Pancreatic Surgery.- 12.Single-access Laparoscopic Liver Resections.- 13.Single-access Laparoscopic Approach for Gynecological Surgery.- 14.Single-access Robotic Surgery.

Giusto Pignata - After graduating in Medicine and Surgery (1983), he got two specialty degrees, Urology (1987) and General Surgery (1992). Postgraduate fellowships: at the St. Mark's Hospital (London), at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, at the University Hospital of Ninewells (Scotland) and at Hopital P. Brousse (Paris). He was worked in Regional General Hospital of Treviso and he has taken part to several surgical activities in the fields of general surgery, in particular surgical oncology, thoracic surgery and transplantation. He became Head of Surgery in 1999 at Monfalcone Hospital and since 2007 he is Head of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery of "San Camillo" Hospital of Trento. He performs around 3,500 procedures as first operator under general anesthesia and under local anesthesia. He is from 2011 Visiting Professor of Surgery in Medical School of Belgrade and consultant in General Hospital of Nuoro in mini-invasive and robotic surgery. He perfumed more than 300 single site operations regarding gastric, colo-rectal, kidney, pancreas and liver disease. The activity in minimally invasive surgery was continued and coupled with the creation of a Multidisciplinary surgical team in oncological/inflammatory diseases of the female reproductive apparatus. He is active member of a number of scientific and medical societies and author of 100 publications on international journals.

Francesco Corcione - After his graduation from medical surgery school he specialized in General Surgery in 1981 and in Endocrine Surgery in 1984. His clinical activity covers 40 years, from resident to Head of the General Surgery Division at the highly specialized Hospital V. Monaldi in Naples (Italy), where he has performed 2000 surgical interventions as first surgeon in the last 3 years and 160 robotic surgeries. In 2007 he performed the first italian and second worldwide transvaginal cholecystectomy. He is full teacher in Postgraduate General Surgery and Cardiac surgery School