This current guide to surgery describes the complete field of minimally invasive surgery possible today and represents a systematic account from a didactic point of view. The authors and editors are pioneers of worldwide repute in their respective techniques. Special emphasis has been placed on highly informative drawings which form an instructive complement to the numerous accompanying "real-time" figures taken directly during operative procedures through the endoscope. This revised, updated and enhanced second edition covers all basic techniques used in endoscopic gastrointestinal surgery.