Diseases of the Pancreas Current Surgical Therapy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Beger, Hans G. (Editor), Matsuno, Seiki (Editor), Cameron, John L. (Editor), Rau, Bettina M. (Editor), Sunamura, Makoto (Editor), Schulick, Richard D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Surgery.; Abdominal surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Surgical transplantation.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Abdominal Surgery.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.; Transplant Surgery.; Surgical Oncology.

"Diseases of the Pancreas" is based on the latest comprehensive data about molecular mechanism of acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. The diagnostic techniques including histology, radiology, sonography etc. are based on the sensitivity and specificity of the re...

Table of Contents:

• Anatomy of the Pancreas
• Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Pancreatic Functions
• Clinical Standards of Diagnostic Measures
• Acute Pancreatitis
• Chronic Pancreatitis
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas
• Periampullary Tumors
• Cystic Neoplasia of the Pancreas
• Congenital Anomalies of the Pancreas
• Pancreatic Injury
• Transplantation of the Pancreas
• Index.