Philosophy of minimal access surgery; diagnostic techniques in abdominal evaluation; laparoscopic staging of malignancy for the upper gastrointestinal tract and pancreas; laparoscopic staging of abdominal lymphomas; techniques of abdominal lymph node evaluation, biopsy and dissection; laparoscopic biliary and gastric bypass; laparoscopic evaluation and resection of the spleen in cancer management; laparoscopic resection of the colon and rectum; laparoscopic resection of adrenal masses; laparoscopic placement of enteral feeding tubes; laparoscopic evaluation and resection in pulmonary malignancy; laparoscopic approach for regional hepatic chemotherapy in the treatment of primary or metastatic malignancy; port-site metastasis; oncological risks in laparoscopic surgery; future trends in minimal access surgery - teleprescence surgery and virtual reality.
