Forward                                  Steven D. WexnerPreface                                                Ovunc Bardakcioglu Section I. Introduction                                    Chapter 1Development of Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery: History, Evidence, Learning Curve, and Current Adaptation      Kyle G. Cologne and Anthony J. Senagore Chapter 2        Preoperative Planning and Postoperative Care in Minimal Invasive Colorectal Surgery       David J. Maron and Lisa M. Haubert Chapter 3        Operating Room Setup and General Techniques in Minimal Invasive Colorectal Surgery    Saif A. Ghole and Steven Mills Chapter 4        Operating room setup and general techniques for robotic surgery     Seung Yeop Oh, Cristina R. Harnsberger, and Sonia L. Ramamoorthy                                    Section II. Right hemicolectomy and ileocecectomy                                    Chapter 5        Right Hemicolectomy and Ileocecectomy: laparoscopic approachJoseph C. Carmichael and Michael J. Stamos Chapter 6        Right Hemicolectomy and Ileocecectomy: hand-assisted laparoscopic approachJulie Ann M. Van Koughnett and Eric G. Weiss                                    Chapter 7        Right Hemicolectomy and Ileocecectomy: Single Port Laparoscopic ApproachMargret DeGuzman, Inanc Bardakcioglu, and Ovunc Bardakcioglu Chapter 8        Right Hemicolectomy and Ileocecectomy: laparoscopic intacorporeal anastomosisMorris E. Franklin Jr., Song Liang, and Miguel Angel Hernandez Moreno Chapter 9        Right hemicolectomy and Ileocecectomy: robotic approach  Vamsi R Velchuru and Leela M. Prasad Chapter 10      Right Hemicolectomy and Ileocecectomy: single port robotic approachVincent Obias and Scott Sexton Chapter 11      Right hemicolectomy and ileocecectomy: robotic intracorporeal anastomosisStephen Rauh, Margret DeGuzman, and Steven J. Ognibene Chapter 12      Transverse Colectomy: laparoscopic approach           David E. Rivadeneira and Scott R. Steele Section III. Sigmoid and left hemicolectomy, Hartmann`s reversal                           Chapter 13      Sigmoid Colectomy and Left Hemicolectomy: laparoscopic approach          Charles B. Kim and Ovunc Bardakcioglu Chapter 14      Sigmoid Colectomy and Left Hemicolectomy: hand assisted laparoscopic approach Danielle M. Bertoni and David A. Margolin Chapter 15      Sigmoid colectomy and left hemicolectomy: single port laparoscopic approach       Rodrigo Pedraza, Chadi Faraj, and Eric M. Haas Chapter 16      Sigmoid colectomy and left hemiolectomy: robotic approach           Rodrigo Pedraza and Eric M. Haas Section IV. Low anterior resection, abdominoperineal resection and rectopexy                               Chapter 17      Proctectomy and Rectopexy: laparoscopic approach Anthony J. Senagore and Kyle G. Cologne Chaper 18        Proctectomy and Rectopexy: hybrid robotic approach Joseph C. Carmichael, Monica T. Young, and Alessio Pigazzi Chapter 19      Proctectomy: Total robotic approach Jai Bickchandani, Federico Perez Quirante, Anthony Firila, and Jorge A. Lagares-Garcia                                    Section V. Total colectomy with ileorectal anastomosis and proctocolectomy with Ileoanal pouch                          Chapter 20      Total colectomy and Proctocolectomy: laparoscopic approach          Jean A. Knapps and Anthony J. Senagore                                    Chapter 21      Total Colectomy and Proctocolectomy: hand assisted laparoscopic approach           Marco Ettore Allaix, Mukta Katdare Krane, and Alessandro Fichera                                    Chapter 22      Total Colectomy and Proctocolectomy:  single port laparoscopic approach  M. Nicole Lamb and Ovunc Bardakcioglu Section VI. Stoma construction (loop ileostomy, loop and end colostomy)                          Chapter 23      Stoma Construction: Laparoscopic approach Laurence R. Sands and Luis O. Hernandez Chapter 24      Stoma Construction: single port laparoscopic approach         Seth Felder and Philip Fleshner Chapter 25      Transanal Endoscopic Surgery (TES) Joe E. Bornstein and Patricia Sylla Chapter 26      Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM)   Lee L. Swanstrom and Eran Shlomovitz Chapter 27      Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS)        Sergio W. Larach and Harsha V. Polavarapu