What are the pitfalls of minimally invasive surgery and how do you avoid them? Finally, one current and authoritative source is available to guide the reader through complications and on to successful outcomes. Expert contributors discuss the problems faced and describe in detail their prevention, as well as management strategies. Nine chapters cover complications of flexible endoscopic procedures, ten chapters deal with laparoscopic procedures, and seven chapters address subspecialties. No surgeon who performs endoscopic or laparoscopic procedures will want to be without this important reference