By Har Prakash Garg, Ramesh Agarwalla, Makam Ramesh, Ajay Kumar, Kona Lakshmi

All three modalities of minimal access surgery in all the gastrointestinal surgical diseases are discussed in detail.•The book has six sections. Section (I) Essentials in laparoscopic, endoscopic and robotic surgery. Section (Il) Surgery of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine. Section (Ill) Surgery of colon, rectum, and anal canal. Section (IV) Surgery of the liver, biliary tract, pancreas, and spleen. Section (V) Bariatric and metabolic surgery. Section (VI) Surgery of the abdominal wall hernia. •The book is in two volumes having 135 chapters. •Each chapter has been discussed in a detail with relevant figures, tables, etc. •Video of surgical procedures are included with the book. •All the editors and authors are nationally and internationally recognized authorities in their specific field of surgery. •Several chapters have been authored by international faculty.