This manual presents a comprehensive and state of the-art approach to the diverse applications of surgical techniques and procedures through the endoscopic platform. Sections address preliminary issues faced by surgeons and physicians who may be initially undertaking these new techniques. These areas include training and credentialing, as well as tools and platforms commonly used for these procedures. Subsequent chapters focus on specific disease processes and the endoscopic applications for those procedures. Each section addresses patient selection, pre-operative considerations, technical conduct of the most common operations, and avoiding complications. A brief review of the existing literature addressing the particular topic follows in each section. The text concludes with chapters on future directions and device development.

Surgical Endoscopy - A Historical Perspective.- Endoscopic Tools - Instruments.- Operating Platforms for Surgical Endoscopy.- Endoscopic Energy Sources.- Training in Advanced Endoscopic Procedures.- Endoscopic Management of Bleeding.- Stricture Management- Interventional Options.- Endoscopic Stent Placement and Suturing: Management of Gastrointestinal Anastomotic Leaks.- Endoscopic Treatment of Gastrointestinal Fistulas.- Enteral Access: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, Gastrostomy- Jejunostomy, and Jejunostomy.- Endolumenal GERD Therapies.- Barrett's Esophagus - Radiofrequency (RF) and Other Ablation Modalities.- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection: Upper Gastrointestinal Tract.- Endoscopic Mucosal Resection: Colon and Rectum.- Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: Upper Gastrointestinal Tract.- Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection: Colon and Rectum.- Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM).- Endoscopic Interventions for the Thoracic Esophagus- Zenker's and other Diverticula.- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).- Advanced ERCP: Cholangioscopy and through the Scope Imaging.- Interventional Endoscopic Ultrasound.- Hybrid Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Techniques: Upper Gastrointestinal Tract.- Hybrid Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Techniques: Colon and Rectum.- Primary Endoscopic Treatments for Morbid Obesity.- Endoscopic Revision Procedures after Bariatric Surgery.- Natural Orifice Trans-lumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTESTM).- Future Directions for Endoscopic Operations.        ¿