Recommendations for evidence-based endoscopic surgery: The updated EAES consensus development conferences

The European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (E.A.E.S.) has performed six consensus development conferences (CDCs) to address the key topics in the field of endoscopic surgery. This book contains: - the original recommendations as they were developed by groups of highly respected experts for each topic, - comments on these original statements to incorporate the latest knowledge, and - a description, a critical appraisal, and some ideas for the improvement on the way by which these recommendations were developed and disseminated. The book should serve all surgeons interested in endoscopic surgery as a principal guide, as it defines all important "Dos" and "Don'ts" on the basis of the available scientific evidence.