Liver and Biliary Surgery

by Bland, Kirby I.; Sarr, Michael G.; Buchler, Markus W.; Csendes, Attila; Garden, O. James

• ISBN13: 9781849964289
• ISBN10: 1849964289
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

Liver and Biliary Surgery provides an illustrative, instructive, and comprehensive review that depicts the rationale of basic operative principles essential to liver and biliary surgical therapy.The chapters provide pertinent and concise summaries of how to deal with various liver and biliary disorders, spanning benign and malignant problems and minimally invasive procedures. Stages of operative approaches with relevant technical considerations are outlined in an easily understandable manner. Complications are reviewed when appropriate for the organ system and problem. The text is illustrated throughout by line drawings and photographs that depict anatomic or technical principles.A concise, handbook-sized reference work, this book is a valuable resource for all general surgeons and residents in training.

Table of Contents

Liver-Benign
Hepatitis	p. 3
Differential Diagnosis of the Liver Mass	p. 25
Benign Hepatic Neoplasms	p. 37
Hepatic Abscess: Current Concepts	p. 53
Portal Hypertension	p. 69
Cystic Liver Diseases	p. 85
Liver Transplantation for Budd-Chiari Syndrome	p. 111
Liver Hemangioma	p. 125
Liver-Malignant
Hepatocellular Carcinoma	p. 137
Metastatic Cancer of the Liver	p. 157
Biliary Benign
Postcholecystectomy Syndrome	p. 181
Asymptomatic Gallstones	p. 191
Bile Duct Injury Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy	p. 201
Cholelithiasis	p. 221
Choledocholithiasis	p. 235
Choledochal Cysts	p. 257
Biliary Dyskinesia: Functional Gallbladder and Sphincter of Oddi Disorders	p. 265
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis	p. 289
Billary-Malignant
Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma	p. 307
Cancer of the Gallbladder	p. 317
Minimally Invasive Procedures
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration	p. 335
Index	p. 349
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