Liver and Biliary Tract Surgery (PDF)

From the contents:Embryological and Surgical Anatomy of the Intrahepatic and Extrahepatic Biliary Tree.- Surgical Anatomy of the Liver.- Anatomic Variations and Anomalies of the Biliary Tree, Veins and Arteries.- Ultrasonographical Anatomy for the Surgeon. The Value of Intra-Operative Ultrasonography.- Elements of the Biliary Tract and Liver Physiology.- Conventional Imaging Studies of biliary Tract.- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography.- Endoscopic Ultrasonography on Gallbladder and Biliary Tract.- Hepatobiliary Disease and Anaesthesia.- Congenital Malformations in the Extrahepatic biliary Tree in Children Atresia.- Choledochal Cysts of the Biliary Tree in Children.- Gallstone Disease.- Complications in the Performance of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. What Can Go Wrong? How do Complications Have to be Managed?- Iatrogenic Injury of the Extrahepatic Bile Ducts. Surgical Reconstruction.- Principles of the Surgical Management of the Common Bile Duct Stones.- Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration.- Endoscopic Management of Common Bile Duct Stones.- Current Changes in Biliary Reoperations.- Other Bening Biliary Diseases and Lesions.- Cholangitis.- Cancer of the Extrahepatic Biliary Tract.- Operations of the Biliary Tract. Technical Aspects.- Imaging Studies of the Liver.- Three Dimensional (3D) Computed Tomography Images Reconstruction in Liver Surgery.- Preoperative Assessment of Liver Function.- Indications for Liver Resection.- Liver Resection and Stapling Devices - Laparoscopic Resection.- Liver Resection Assisted with the Radiofrequency Technique.- Liver Resection for Cholangiocarcinoma.- Portal Vein Embolisation.- Hepatic Chemoembolization.- Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) in the management of Liver Tumours.- Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) of Liver Tumours.- Stem Cell Therapy in Liver Disease (M. Pai, N. a. Habib).-

Constantine Ch. Karaliotas MD, PhD., Chairman of 2nd Surgical Department and Surgical Oncology Unit in Red Cross Hospital, Athens-Greece

Christoph E. Broelsch, MD, FACS, Professor and Chairman, Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, University Clinic Essen, Germany

Nagy A. Habib, ChM, FRCS, Professor of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.