Surgical Techniques  

GENERAL	Rapid diagnosis! Gentle tissue handling  Anatomic dissection  Vascular isolation  Use of water jet dissector  Argon beam coagulator Harmonic scalpel  Cold compression
GASTRO- INTESTINAL	Rapid upper and lower endoscopy! Endoscopic thermal methods of hemostasis (BICAP, Heater probe and Laser) Endoscopic hemostasis by injection therapy Endoscopic hemostasis by injection of fibrin glue Angiographic embolization of the bleeding artery with Gelfoam Sclerotherapy and variceal ligation therapy Use of somatostatin, vasopressin and nitroglicerine (in variceal hemorrage) Transjugular intraepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPPS - in variceal hemorrage unresponsive to endoscopic therapy) Small intestinal enteroscope for angiodysplastic lesions in the upper jejunum, ileum and colon (lesion were found and ablated by laser)
HEPATIC	Cardiopulmonary bypass with hypothermic circulatory arrest. In situ isolation and asanguinous hypothermic perfusion  Veno-venous byass Percutaneous Ethanol Injection (PEI) for patients with small (3 cm or less in diameter) hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization (TACE), frequently performed by intraarterially injecting an infusion of antineoplastic agents mixed with iodized oil (Lipiodol (R)), has been extensively used in the treatment of large HCC tumors Combined TACE and PEI. Radiofrequency ablation Hepatic cryosurgery for liver metastases Laparoscopic Cryoablation of Hepatic Metastases (1, 2, 3, 4) Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator® and Bipolar Cautery Equipped with a Channel for Water Dripping
UROLOGIC	Radio frequency ablation of renal cell carcinoma via image guided needle electrodes.  Argon beam coagulation Holmium: YAG laser for transurethral incision of the prostate (TUIP) Image-guided acoustic ablation devices for the noninvasive surgical treatment of urological diseases Prostatic adenomectomy using temporary clamping of vesicogenital arteries Suture Ligation of the Dorsal Vein Complex During Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy
CARDIAC	Multimodality blood conservation strategy  Minimally invasive surgery (1, 2) Moderate hypothermia
VASCULAR	Screening and surveillance of aortic aneurysms Prolonged circulatory arrest in moderate hypothermia with retrograde cerebral perfusion   Intraluminal stent and grafts Pneumatic tourniquet techniques
NEURO	Gamma Knife radiosurgery Preoperative embolization
ORTHOPEDIC	Multicomponent Pheresis and Autologous Platelet Gel in Children and Adolescents Undergoing Spinal Surgery Perioperative platelet and plasmapheresis