The Operation Primer provides excellent photographic step-by-step guidance to the surgical procedure. It has been produced to describe the operation in the simplest manner possible without over-simplifying. The core of the Operation Primer is the section on Nodal Points, where the surgical key steps are described in detail. This surgical guide book provides essential reference material to surgeons wishing to update their knowledge in this specific area

Table of Contents

Hasson method (open technique); Trocar with optical obturator;Veress needle (closed technique);acing the working trocars XX Exploring the abdominal cavity; Identifying the anatomical landmarks; Dissecting the Pars flaccid; Dissecting the Angle of His; Introducing the gastric band; Creating the retrocardial tunnel and connecting the gastric band with Goldfinger(t); Positioning of the gastric band; Closing the gastric band; Placing the safety sutures; Testing the stomach for leaks; Inspecting the operating field and removing the trocars; Attaching and fixing the port system -- Velocity(t); Finishing the operation;agement of difficult situations and complications XX Adhesions; Blood vessel injuries; Diffuse bleeding / bleeding from minor vessels;Bleeding from major vessels; Organ injuries; Greater omentum; Esophagus; Stomach; Liver; Spleen; Bowel; Preperitoneal air emphysema; Veress needle; Trocar; Losing a swab in the abdominal cavity; Opening the Omental Bursa; Damage to the gastric band; Suturing of the calibration tube; Re-opening of the band;Anatomical variations XX Accessory hepatic artery;pendices XX Sample operation note; Postoperative management; Band adjustment; First band adjustment; Further band adjustment; Postoperative complications; Band complications; Port complications

Author Biography

Karl Miller, leading specialist in laparoscopic gastric banding