Pierre-Alain Clavien

Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts

Diagnosis and Treatment
Herausgeber: Clavien, Pierre-Alain; Baillie, John

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is an interdisciplinary reference book for the treatment and diagnosis of Gallbladder and Bile Duct diseases. It will help all members of the team with complications of liver transplantation. With the increase in liver transplantation and also living-related liver donor transplantation this new edition addresses the biliary indications for these procedures, as well as biliary complications of these procedures. It's divided into three sections including anatomy, physiology, and epidemiology; diagnostic and therapeutic approaches including the latest therapeutic modalities; and specific conditions. It includes more than 250 illustrations for rapid reference and each chapter now has a Q&A section and begins with a list of objectives to help quick diagnosis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 279mm x 220mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1619g
• ISBN-13: 9781405127400
• ISBN-10: 1405127406
• Artikelnr.: 22762671

Autorenporträt

Professor Pierre-Alain Clavien MD PhD FACS FRCS, Professor and Chairman, Swiss Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Center, Department of Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Professor John Baillie MD ChB FRCP FACG, Professor of Medicine, Director of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disorder Service, Wake Forest University Health Sciences Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1. Anatomy, pathophysiology, and epidemiology of thebiliary system.

1. Anatomy and physiology of the biliary tree andgallbladder.

2. Pathology of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts andgallbladder.

3. Epidemiology of diseases of the bile ducts andgallbladder.

Section 2. Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for thebiliary tree and gallbladder.

4. Noninvasive imaging of the biliary system.

5. Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of disorders of thebiliary tree and gallbladder.

6. Percutaneous biliary imaging and intervention.

7. Radiation therapy for disease of the biliary tree andgallbladder.

8. Surgery of the biliary system.

9. Laparoscopic treatment for diseases of the gallbladder andbiliary tree.

10. Laparoscopic biliary injuries.

11. Medical and innovative therapies for biliarymalignancies.

Section 3. Specific conditions.

Section 3.1. The gallbladder.

12. Natural history and pathogenesis of gallstones.

13. Acute and chronic cholecystitis.

14. Biliary fi stula, gallstone ileus, and Mirizzi'ssyndrome.

15. Benign and malignant gallbladder tumors.

Section 3.2. The intrahepatic and extrahepatic bileducts.

16. Acute cholangitis.

17. Cystic diseases of the biliary system.

18. Biliary complications of liver transplantation.

19. Primary sclerosing cholangitis.

20. Cholangiocarcinoma.

21. Primary biliary cirrhosis.

Section 3.3. Intrahepatic cholestasis.

22. Intrahepatic cholestasis.

Section 3.4. Pediatric population.

23. Biliary disease in infants and children.

Answers.

Index

Rezensionen

"This book [...] continues its tradition of excellence and moderninformation."
Digestive and Liver Disease

"The book is well designed, accurately written and is anexcellent resource for physicians (gastroenterologists, surgeons,radiologists) practicing in the arena of biliarydisorders/diseases. The book is also an excellent reference for thegeneralist [...] It views diagnosis and management ofgallbladder and bile duct disorders with a focused and trulymultidisciplinary approach. All aspects of interest to theclinician are accurately covered without bias tosubspecialty."
Dr Giuseppe Aliperti, St Louis, Missouri