Surgical Principles of Minimally Invasive Procedures

The EAES Manual of Endoscopic Surgery provides surgeons and surgical residents with the best practical knowledge currently available on commonly performed minimally invasive abdominal and thoracic procedures. Expert European surgeons share their career-long experience by dissecting operative procedures step by step and highlighting potential technical and anatomical hazards. Authors instruct the reader in a fashion similar to the conversations that take place between master surgeons and their apprentices while scrubbing for surgery. Uniform full color illustrations complete the detailed descriptions of minimally invasive surgeries. In addition to the operative instructions, a key component of the manual is the provision of information on patient selection, choice of operative approach, special needs for minimally invasive procedures, and the early diagnosis and treatment of complications after surgery. ​

Hendrik Jacob Bonjer graduated from Medical School at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, in 1985. He was awarded his PhD from Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in 1992 and the following year became a board-certified general surgeon. In 2004 Dr. Bonjer became Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical Leader of the Renal Transplantation Program at Capital Health and Professor of Surgery at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 2006 he was appointed Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Capital District Health Authority and Dalhousie University. Since 2009 he has been Chairman of the Department of Surgery, Free University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Dr. Bonjer has been President of the Dutch Society of Endoscopic Surgery since 2000.