1. Introduction / J. Richard Smith, Giuseppe Del Priore, and Simon A. Hurst -- 2. Preoperative work up / Jessica Thomes-Pepin and Jeanne M. Schilder -- 3. Complications / David Warshal and James Aikins -- 4. Anatomy / Werner Lichtenegger, Jalid Sehouli, and Giuseppe Del Priore -- 5. Cross-sectional imaging / Syed Babar Ajaz and Ruth Williamson -- 6. Sigmoidoscopy, cystoscopy and stenting / Louis J. Vitone, Peter A. Davis, and David J. Corless -- 7. Tumor markers / Ranjit Manchanda, Ian Jacobs, and Usha Menon -- 8. Cone biopsy / Giuseppe Del Priore -- 9. Radical abdominal hysterectomy / J. Richard Smith, Deborah C.M. Boyle, and Giuseppe Del Priore -- 10. Laparoscopically assisted vaginal radical hysterectomy / Daniel Dargent and Michel Roy -- 11. Radical vaginal trachelectomy / Marie Plante and Michel Roy -- 12. Radical abdominal trachelectomy / Laszlo Ungar, Lazlo Palfalvi, Deborah C.M. Boyle, Giuseppe Del Priore, and J. Richard Smith -- 13. Central recurrent cervical cancer : the role of exenterative surgery / John M. Monaghan -- 14. Total mesometrial resection / Michael Hockel -- 15. Laterally extended endopelvic resection / Michael Hockel -- 16. Vaginectomy / John M. Monaghan -- 17. Radical vulvar surgery / John M. Monaghan -- 18. Sentinel lymph node biopsy / Michael Frumovitz, Robert L. Coleman, and Charles M. Levenback -- 19. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation and transplantation techniques / Erkan Buyuk and Kutluk H. Oktay -- 20. Lessons from transplant surgery / Giuseppe Del Priore and J. Richard Smith -- 21. Epithelial ovarian cancer / Jane Bridges and David Oram -- 22. Upper abdominal cytoreduction : including diaphragm resection, splenectomy, distal pancreatectomy, and thoracoscopy / Nick M. Spirtos, Christina L. Kushnir, and Scott M. Eisenkop --

23. Retroperitoneal infrarenal, inframesenteric, and pelvic lymphadenectomies / Katherine A. O'Hanlan -- 24. Vascular access and implantable vascular and peritoneal access devices / Paniti Sukumvanich and Gary L. Goldberg -- 25. Surgical management of trophoblastic disease / Krishen Sieunarine, Deborah C. M. Boyle, Michael J. Seckl, Angus McIndoe, and J. Richard Smith -- 26. Laparoscopy / Farr Nezhat, Carmel Cohen, and Nimesh P. Nagarsheth -- 27. Robotic surgery / Rabbie K. Hanna and John F. Boggess -- 28. Gastrointestinal surgery in gynecologic oncology / Eileen M. Segreti and Charles M. Levenback -- 29. Urologic procedures / Jonathan A. Cosin, Jeffrey M. Fowler, and Kathleen Connell -- 30. Fistula repair / Paul Hilton -- 31. Treatment of vascular defects and injuries / Karl A. Illig, Kenneth Ouriel, and Sean Hislop -- 32. Plastic reconstructive procedures / Andrea L. Pusic, Richard R. Barakat, and Peter G. Cordeiro -- 33. Objective assessment of technical surgical skill / Isabel Pigem, Thomas Ind, and Jane Bridges -- 34. Meta-analysis of survival data / Srdjan Saso, Jayanta Chatterjee, Ektoras Georgiou, Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami, and Thanos Athanasiou -- 35. Pain management / Andrew Lawson and Paul Farquhar-Smith -- 36. Palliative care / Sarah Cox and Catherine Gillespie -- 37. Doctor-patient communication / J. Richard Smith, Krishen Sieunarine, Mark Bower, Gary Bradley, and Giuseppe Del Priore.