Biomedical engineering in gastrointestinal surgery Surgery and biomedical engineering Anatomy physiology and selected pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract Principles of gastrointestinal surgery Preconditions of successful (gastrointestinal) surgery Diagnostic procedures Classical (open) surgery Operative (surgical) laparoscopy Interventional flexible endoscopy Combined laparoscopic endoscopic procedures and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) Mechatronic support systems and robots Tracking and navigation systems Health informatics health information technology Training and simulation Visceral surgery of the future