Surgical Diseases of the Pancreas and Biliary Tree

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barreto, Savio George (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Windsor, John A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Abdominal surgery.; Minimally invasive surgery.; Abdominal Surgery.; Minimally Invasive Surgery.

This book provides an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and surgical management of the diseases of the pancreas and biliary tree, highlighting the most recent findings. The chapters are designed to accompany the reader on a step-by-step approach to the patient, providing the latest evidence t...

Table of Contents:

• Surgically relevant anatomy of the pancreas and the biliary tree
• Physiology of the pancreas and the biliary tree for the Surgeon
• Gallstones
• Common bile duct stones
• Choledochal cyst
• Benign biliary strictures
• Biliary fistula
• Extrahepatic portal venous occlusion
• Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (including hilar cholangiocarcinoma)
• Gallbladder cancer
• Acute Pancreatitis
• Chronic pancreatitis
• Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
• Benign cystic tumours of the pancreas
• Mucinous tumours of the pancreas (including IPMN and MCN)
• Pancreatic cancer. .