This full-color reference provides step-by-step instructions and illustrations for the major laparoscopic colorectal procedures, and describes complications and strategies for their resolution. The techniques are based on proven step-by-step approaches to laparoscopic colectomy. Each chapter begins with a detailed description of the procedures, including intra-operative difficulties and complications. Remedies for complications are included throughout. A DVD bound into every book includes videos of key steps in the laparoscopic portions of the surgical procedures.