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 AnatomicHemihepatectomy (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.
