Preface -- Foreward -- 1. Prophylactic surgery; Why, when and how? -- 2. Minimal invasive procedures and prophylactic surgery -- 3. PROPHYLACTIC APPROACHES IN ABDOMINAL WALL SURGERY: PREVENTING AND REPAIRING THE BURST ABDOMEN -- 4. Cost-effectiveness of prophylactic surgeries in preventing hereditary predisposition syndromes -- 5. Prophylactic thyroidectomy -- 6. Prophylactic parathyroidectomy -- 7. Genetic Predispositions and Prophylactic Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients -- 8. Prophylactic mastectomy for benign pathologies -- 9. Prophylactic surgery for liver pathologies -- 10. Prophylactic surgical procedures for pancreas pathologies -- 11. Prophlactic surgery for gallbladder and biliary tract pathologies -- 12. Prophylactic splenectomy -- 13. Prophylactic surgical procedures for esophageal pathologies -- 14. Stomach and duodenum resections for genetic predispositions -- 15. Prophylactic surgery for benign diseases of stomach and duodenum -- 16. PROPHYLACTIC SURGERY FOR SMALL INTESTINES -- 17. Prophylactic appendectomy -- 18. Vascular problems related to colectomy: habitual and variant anatomy, prevention and tactical aspects -- 19. Prophylactic resection for genetic predispositions of colon and rectum -- 20. Prophylactic colon and rectum resections for benign pathologies -- 21. Prophylactic adrenalectomy -- 22. Omentectomy; Whether to Perform Should be Questioned -- 23. Open access in laparoscopic surgery to prevent entry complications -- 24. Prophylactic Surgery in Trauma -- 25. Surgical prophlaxis of obesity -- 26. Histopathological findings in prophylactic surgical specimens -- 27. Prophylactic surgery for genetic predisposition of female organs -- 28. Prophylactic surgery for benign gynecologic pathologies -- 29. Prophylactic surgical procedures in Plastic Surgery -- 30. Prophylactic cardiac and vascular surgery procedures -- 31. Prophylactic chest surgery procedures -- 32. Prophylactic surgery for Urologic pathologies -- 33. Prophylactic procedures in Pediatric Surgery -- 34. Prophylactic surgery for Neurosurgical pathologies -- 35. Prophylactic procedures for orthopedic pathologies -- 36. ETHICAL AND LEGAL DIMENSIONS OF PROPHYLACTIC SURGERY -- 37. Psychiatric aspects of prophylactic surgery in adults -- 38. Child and adolescent aspects in prophylactic surgery -- 39. Endoscopic approaches for prophlactic purposes -- 40. The place of prophylactic surgery in guidelines -- 41. Interventional procedures reducing the needs for conventional surgery -- 42. Radiological Screening for Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Syndromes.