| Description |
428 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Anatomy and physiology of the biliary tree and gallbladder -- Pathology of the intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts and gallbladder -- Epidemiology of diseases of the bile ducts and the gallbladder -- Noninvasive imaging of the biliary system -- Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of the bile ducts and the gallbladder -- Percutaneous diagnosis and treatment of disease of the biliary system -- Radiation therapy for disease of the biliary tree and gallbladder -- Surgery of the biliary system -- Laparoscopic treatment for diseases of the gallbladder and the biliary tree -- Laparoscopic bile duct injuries -- Medical and innovative therapies for biliary malignancies -- Natural history and pathogenesis of gallstones -- Acute and chronic cholecystitis -- Biliary fistula, gallstone ileus, and Mirizzi's syndrome -- Benign and malignant gallbladder tumors -- Acute cholangitis -- Cystic diseases of the biliary system -- Biliary complications of liver transplantation -- Primary sclerosing cholangitis -- Cholangiocarcinoma -- Primary biliary cirrhosis -- Intrahepatic cholestasis -- Biliary disease in infants and children |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: published as by Pierre-Alain Clavien, Paul Suhocki and John Baillie. 2001 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Gallbladder -- Diseases.
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Bile ducts -- Diseases.
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| Author |
Clavien, Pierre-Alain.
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Baillie, John, FRCP (Glasg.)
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| LC no. |
2006000956 |
| ISBN |
1405127406 |
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9781405127400 |
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