**Meet the editor**

Dr. Ahmed AbdelRaouf ElGeidie is an Assistant Professor of Surgery, Gastroenterology Surgical Center, Mansoura University, Egypt. He is a well recognized expert in advanced laparoscopic surgery in Egypt. He is the author of more than 50 professional publications. He is a member of many local and international society of laparoscopic surgery. He received the MD degree from

Mansoura University, Egypt. He is a reviewer of many surgical journals. He supervised many MD and master thesis. He shared in over 20 international conferences as a speaker, and also in many local conferences and meetings. He holds many prizes for his work.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

**Part 1 Laparoscopic Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery 1** 

**the Treatment of Cholelithiasis and Its** 

Chapter 4 **Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Pancreatectomy 53** 

Atsushi Inayoshi and Yasushi Yagi

Robert M. Cannon and Joseph F. Buell

**Part 2 Laparoscopic Liver Surgery 61** 

Chapter 5 **Laparoscopic Liver Resection 63** 

Chapter 7 **Laparoscopic Liver Surgery 87** 

**Part 3 Laparoscopic Appendectomy 113** 

Chapter 8 **Laparoscopic Appendectomy 115** 

Akihiro Cho

E. Javier Grau Talens, Julio Horacio Cattáneo,

Chapter 2 **Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in High Risk Patients 27** 

Chapter 3 **Gallbladder Surgery, Choice of Technique: An Overview 37**  E. Nilsson, M. Öman, M.M. Haapamäki and C.B. Sandzén

Chapter 6 **Hilar Glissonean Access in Laparoscopic Liver Resection 77** 

Steven A. White, Rajesh Y. Satchidanand and Derek M. Manas

Konstantinos M. Konstantinidis and Kornilia A. Anastasakou

Masahiko Hirota, Daisuke Hashimoto, Kazuya Sakata, Hideyuki Kuroki, Youhei Tanaka, Takatoshi Ishiko, Yu Motomura, Shinji Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Kiyota, Tetsumasa Arita,

**Complications Cholecystectomy Under Local Anesthesia 3** 

Rafael Giraldo Rubio and Pablo Gustavo Mangione Castro

Chapter 1 **Transcylindrical Cholecystectomy for** 

Abdulrahman Saleh Al-Mulhim
