<p>Preface.- Foreward.- 1. Prophylactic surgery; Why, when and how?.- 2. Minimal invasive procedures and prophylactic surgery.- 3. PROPHYLACTIC APPROACHES IN ABDOMINAL WALL SURGERY: PREVENTING AND REPAIRING THE BURST ABDOMEN.- 4. Cost-effectiveness of prophylactic surgeries in preventing hereditary predisposition syndromes.- 5. Prophylactic thyroidectomy.- 6. Prophylactic parathyroidectomy.- 7. Genetic Predispositions and Prophylactic Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients.- 8. Prophylactic mastectomy for benign pathologies.- 9. Prophylactic surgery for liver pathologies.- 10. Prophylactic surgical procedures for pancreas pathologies.- 11. Prophlactic surgery for gallbladder and biliary tract pathologies.- 12. Prophylactic splenectomy.- 13. Prophylactic surgical procedures for esophageal pathologies.- 14. Stomach and duodenum resections for genetic predispositions.- 15. Prophylactic surgery for benign diseases of stomach and duodenum.- 16. PROPHYLACTIC SURGERY FOR SMALL INTESTINES.- 17. Prophylactic appendectomy.- 18. Vascular problems related to colectomy: habitual and variant anatomy, prevention and tactical aspects.- 19. Prophylactic resection for genetic predispositions of colon and rectum.- 20. Prophylactic colon and rectum resections for benign pathologies.- 21. Prophylactic adrenalectomy.- 22. Omentectomy; Whether to Perform Should be Questioned.- 23. Open access in laparoscopic surgery to prevent entry complications.- 24. Prophylactic Surgery in Trauma.- 25. Surgical prophlaxis of obesity.- 26. Histopathological findings in prophylactic surgical specimens.- 27. Prophylactic surgery for genetic predisposition of female organs.- 28. Prophylactic surgery for benign gynecologic pathologies .- 29. Prophylactic surgical procedures in Plastic Surgery.- 30. Prophylactic cardiac and vascular surgery procedures.- 31. Prophylactic chest surgery procedures.- 32. Prophylactic surgery for Urologic pathologies.- 33. Prophylactic procedures in Pediatric Surgery.- 34. Prophylactic surgery for Neurosurgical pathologies.- 35. Prophylactic procedures for orthopedic pathologies.- 36. ETHICAL AND LEGAL DIMENSIONS OF PROPHYLACTIC SURGERY.- 37. Psychiatric aspects of prophylactic surgery in adults.- 38. Child and adolescent aspects in prophylactic surgery.- 39. Endoscopic approaches for prophlactic purposes.- 40. The place of prophylactic surgery in guidelines.- 41. Interventional procedures reducing the needs for conventional surgery.- 42. Radiological Screening for Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Syndromes.<br></p>