Contributors | |
Preface | |
Definitions of pancreatic diseases and their complications | |
Anatomy of the pancreas: | |
The history of the pancreas | |
Development of the pancreas and related structures | |
Anatomy and fine structure | |
Congenital and inherited anomalies | |
Physiology of pancreatic functions: | |
Physiology of acinar cell secretion | |
Physiology of duct cell secretion | |
Physiology of experimental pancreatitis | |
Physiology of sphincter of Oddi function | |
Neurohormonal and hormonal control of exocrine pancreatic secretion | |
Regulation of pancreatic protein synthesis and growth | |
Insulo-acinar relationship | |
Acute pancreatitis: | |
Etiopathogenesis and epidemiology of alcohol-induced acute pancreatitis | |
Etiology and epidemiology of biliary acute pancreatitis | |
Acute pancreatitis associated with congenital anomalies | |
Acute pancreatitis associated with metabolic,infectious, and drug-related diseases | |
Acute pancreatitis in children | |
Understanding of acute pancreatitis from animal experiments | |
Genetic factors in acute pancreatitis | |
Histopathology of acute pancreatitis | |
Molecular, biochemical, and metabolic abnormalities of acute pancreatitis | |
Clinical course of alcoholic acute pancreatitis | |
Clinical course and treatment principles of biliary acute pancreatitis | |
Clinical assessment and biochemical markers to objectify severity and prognosis | |
Imaging acute edematous-interstitial and necrotizing pancreatitis | |
Treatment of acute pancreatitis: | |
Conservative therapy of acute pancreatitis | |
ICU treatment of severe acute pancreatitis | |
Bacterial and fungal infections in necrotizing pancreatitis: pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment | |
Indications for interventional and surgical treatment of acute pancreatitis | |
Surgical management of necrotizing pancreatitis: | |
Débridement and continuous closed lavage | |
Débridement and open packing/staged laparotomy | |
Débridement and closed packing | |
Strategies for surgical treatment of pseudocysts after acute pancreatitis | |
Endoscopic treatment of necrotizing pancreatitis | |
Minimal-access surgical treatment of necrotizing pancreatitis and pancreatic abscess | |
Management of fluid collections in acute pancreatitis | |
Management of pancreatic fistula in acute pancreatitis | |
Enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition | |
Long-term outcome after acute pancreatitis | |
Chronic pancreatitis | |
Chronic pancreatitis: consequences of recurrent acute episodes | |
Fibrogenesis of the pancreas: the role of stellate cells | |
Epidemiology and pathophysiology of alcoholic chronic pancreatitis | |
Hereditary chronic pancreatitis | |
Epidemiology and pathogenesis of tropical chronic pancreatitis | |
Autoimmune pancreatitis | |
Cystic fibrosis-associated pancreatitis | |
Chronic pancreatitis: a risk factor for cancer? | |
Molecular understanding of chronic pancreatitis | |
Pain mechanisms in chronic pancreatitis | |
Clinical and laboratory diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis | |
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging | |
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, and endoscopic ultrasound in chronic pancreatitis | |
Natural course of chronic pancreatitis | |
Treatment of pseudocysts in chronic pancreatitis | |
Medical treatment of chronic pancreatitis: | |
Pain management | |
Enzyme treatment | |
Nutritional support | |
Antioxidants | |
Endoscopic and interventional therapy of chronic pancreatitis | |
Strategies for surgical treatment of chronic pancreatitis: | |
Indications for and goals of surgical treatment | |
Pancreatic duct drainage procedures | |
Duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection in inflammatory and cystic neoplastic lesions of the pancreas | |
Major pancreatic resections | |
Nerve ablation techniques in chronic pancreatitis | |
Chronic pancreatitis: late outcome after medical and surgical treatment | |
Management of pancreatic diabetes secondary to chronic pancreatitis | |
Neoplastic lesions of exocrine tissue: pancreatic cancer | |
Epidemiology of pancreatic cancer | |
Molecular biological understanding of development of pancreatic cancer | |
Familial pancreatic cancer | |
Pathology of exocrine pancreatic tumors | |
Precancerous lesions | |
Role of endoscopic ultrasound for diagnosis and differential diagnosis of neoplastic lesions | |
Radiologic diagnosis of pancreatic cancer: computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging | |
Screening of hereditary pancreatic cancer families | |
Clinical assessment and staging of pancreatic cancer | |
Role of positron emission tomography in diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and cancer recurrence | |
Tumor markers in pancreatic malignancies | |
The role of laparoscopy and peritoneal cytology in the management of pancreatic cancer | |
Pancreatic cancer staging systems and their clinical impact | |
Endoscopic and interventional palliation of pancreatic cancer | |
Pancreatic cancer: indications for resection | |
Pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer: results after Kausch-Whipple and pylorus-preserving resection | |
Extended radical surgery for pancreatic cancer | |
Palliative pancreaticoduodenectomy: benefits and limitations | |
Bypass surgery for advanced pancreatic cancer | |
Neoadjuvant treatment of pancreatic cancer: borderline-resectable disease | |
Adjuvant chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer | |
Palliative chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer | |
Management of cancer pain | |
Role of radiotherapy in the treatment of pancreatic cancer | |
Management of cancer recurrence | |
Survival and late morbidity after resection of pancreatic cancer | |
Endocrine tumors of the pancreas: | |
Diagnosis of endocrine tumors of the pancreas | |
Islet cell tumors | |
Pancreatic endocrine tumors in multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome | |
Nonfunctioning endocrine tumors | |
Surgical treatment of endocrine tumors | |
Treatment of carcinoids of the pancreas and biliary tract | |
Nonsurgical management of endocrine tumors | |
Liver transplantation in advanced disease of endocrine tumors | |
Long-term outcome after treatment of endocrine tumors | |
Periampullary tumors: | |
Periampullary tumors: clinical presentation and diagnostic strategy | |
Histology of cancer of the papilla, distal common bile duct, and duodenum | |
Adenoma and adenocarcinoma of the ampulla of Vater: diagnosis and management | |
Endoscopic treatment of adenomas of the ampulla of Vater: benefits and limits | |
Surgical treatment of periampullary cancer: early and late results after resection | |
Other tumors of the pancreas: | |
Histology of cystic tumors of the pancreas | |
Diagnostic imaging of cystic tumors | |
Diagnosis and natural history of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms | |
Mucinous cystic neoplasm | |
Surgical treatment and long-term outcome of cystic neoplasms of the pancreas | |
Minimally invasive and local ablation techniques of serous and mucinous cystic lesions | |
Transplantation of the pancreas: | |
Transplantation of pancreatic islets | |
Transplantation of the pancreas | |
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