Preface; 1. A history of modern video-assisted endoscopy Barbara J. Page; 2. Equipment: 2.1. The role of medical equipment in health care's evolution Ali Amiri; 2.2. Laparoscopic equipment and operating room setup Elizabeth Buescher, Erica Schipper, Jaime Ocampo, Mario Nutis and Camran Nezhat; 3. Anesthesia Pedro P. Tanaka, Arjun Desai and John H. Nguyen; 4. Laparoscopic access Louise P. King, Ceana Nezhat, Farr Nezhat, Ibrahim Alkatout, Liselotte Mettler, Roger Ferland and Camran Nezhat; 5. Laparoscopic suturing: 5.1. Laparoscopic suturing Joseph L. Hudgens and Resad Pasic; 5.2. New suturing techniques: barbed sutures Jon I. Einarsson and Sarah L. Cohen; 6. Intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal anatomy Jyoti Yadav, M. Shoma Datta, Ceana Nezhat, Camran Nezhat and Farr Nezhat; 7. Hysteroscopy: 7.1. Diagnostic hysteroscopy Robert K. Zurawin and Vicki S. Ng; 7.2. Evaluation and management of the uterine septum Kelly Wright and Keith Isaacson; 7.3. Intrauterine adhesions: hysteroscopic evaluation and treatment Rafael F. Valle, edited by Keith Isaacson and Lydia Garcia; 7.4. Hysteroscopic myomectomy and polypectomy Roy Mashiach, Motti Goldenberg and Elizabeth Buescher; 7.5. Hysteroscopic tubal cannulation Tomasso Falcone and Jeffrey M. Goldberg; 7.6. Hysteroscopic sterilization Stephanie N. Morris and Keith Isaacson, edited by Lydia Garcia; 7.7. Hysteroscopic endometrial ablation Shlomo B. Cohen and Motti Goldenberg; 7.8. Office hysteroscopy Shlomo B. Cohen and Motti Goldenberg; 7.9. Hysteroscopic management of endometrial bleeding and IUD Osama Shawki; 8. Fertility: 8.1. Frontiers in fertility Kutluk Oktay and Erkan Buyuk; 8.2. Assessment of the endometrial cavity in the patient with infertility Richard O. Burney and Amin A. Milki; 8.3. Ultrasound oocyte retrieval Leo Doherty and Aydin Arici; 8.4. Ultrasonography and the embryo transfer Eric Flisser and Jamie A. Grifo; 8.5. Salpingectomy and salpingostomy Neil Johnson; 9. Management of adnexal masses: 9.1. The adnexal mass Tanja Pejovic and Farr Nezhat; 9.2. Laparoscopic management of adnexal mass Camran Nezhat, Louise P. King, Michael Lewis, Erica Schipper, Cihat Unlu, Gazi Yildirim, Jennifer Cho and Farr Nezhat; 9.3. Laparoscopic operations on the ovary Tanja Pejovic and Farr Nezhat; 9.4. Management of the ectopic pregnancy Bulent Berker, Elif Aylin Taskin, Ceana Nezhat, Farr Nezhat and Camran Nezhat; 9.5. Management of tubo-ovarian abscesses John F. Steege; 9.6. Surgical treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome Mausumi Das and Togas Tulandi; 9.7. Ovarian remnant syndrome George A. Vilos, Jennifer Marks and Basim Abu-Rafea; 10. Endometriosis: 10.1. The pathogenesis of endometriosis Richard O. Burney and Linda C. Giudice; 10.2. Thoracic endometriosis syndrome Camran Nezhat, Elizabeth Buescher, Chandhu Paka, Babak Hajhosseini, Asrafjah Hussein, Michael Sellin and Georgios E. Hilaris; 10.3. Video-assisted laparoscopic treatment of endometriosis Camran Nezhat, Elizabeth Buescher, Chandhu Paka, Ceana Nezhat and Farr Nezhat; 10.4. Laparoscopic management of intestinal endometriosis Doron Kopelman, Louise P. King, and Camran Nezhat; 11. Laparoscopic adhesioloysis and adhesion prevention Anthony Luciano and Danielle Luciano; 12. Laparoscopic sterilization Radha Syed, Erica Schipper and Adrienne L. Ligouri; 13. Leiomyomas: 13.1. Minimally invasive approaches to myectomy John F. Steege and Dr Siedhoff; 13.2. Uterine fibroid embolization Mahmood K. Razavi; 13.3. Robotic myomectomy Antonio R. Gargiulo and Serene S. Srouji; 13.4. MR-guided focused ultrasound for leiomyomas Zaraq Khan and Elizabeth A. Stewart; 13.5. Uterine adenomyosis: laparoscopic management George A. Pistofidis, Ourania O. Koukoura and Elizabeth Bueshcer; 14. Hysterectomy: 14.1. Total laparoscopic hysterectomy – indications, techniques, and outcomes Harry Reich and Adi Katz; 14.2. Laparoscopic excision of a rudimentary
