Gallbladder, Bile Ducts, Pancreas Book

This book represents an atlas of surgical techniques in the treatment of diseases of the gallbladder and the pancreas. Modern techniques of diagnostic and interventional endoscopy are included and described in detail. Besides standard procedures in the surgery of the gallbladder and the biliary tree, special aspects such as surgery in central bile duct carcinomas are demonstrated. In a comparable manner modern procedures in surgery of benign and malign diseases of the pancreas are described. Each chapter begins with a brief survey of indications, special diagnostic aspects and patient preparation. This survey is followed by a description of the position of the patient and a scheme of possible approaches for surgery. The standard surgical procedures are described followed by demonstrations of special techniques for special and difficult situations. At the end of each chapter principal complications and possible techniques to handle them are described briefly.

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The splendid Thieme Atlas of Operative Surgery series brings together surgeons, anatomists, and illustrators in a new form of presentation that lies between the conventional textbook and the usual atlas form, and is dominated by exemplary watercolor drawings. The present volume is a revised and expanded translation of the first German edition published in 1990 (Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag). It is divided into sections on endoscopic procedures, gall bladder and bile ducts, laparoscopic surgical procedures, and pancreas, and like all volumes in the series emphasizes surgical anatomy, indications, techniques, and complications. The 614 superb illustrations are all in color. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)