| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 428 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Cystic diseases of the biliary system / Robert J. Porte and Pierre-Alain Clavien -- Biliary complications of liver transplantation / Mary T. Austin and C. Wright Pinson -- Primary sclerosing cholangitis / Robert Enns -- Primary biliary cirrhosis / Piotr Milkiewicz and Jenny Heathcote -- Intrahepatic cholestasis. Intrahepatic cholestasis / Andrew Stolz and Neil Kaplowitz --Pediatric population. Biliary disease in infants and children / Riccardo Superina |
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Laparoscopic treatment for diseases of the gallbladder and biliary tree / Stefan Wildi [and others] -- Laparoscopic biliary injuries / Steven M. Strasberg -- Medical and innovative therapies for biliary malignancies / Michael A. Morse and Bernhard Pestalozzi -- Sect. 3. Specific conditions. The gallbladder. Natural history and pathogenesis of gallstones / Beat Müllhaput -- Acute and chronic cholecystitis / Stefan Breitenstein, Armin Kraus and Pierre-Alain Clavien -- Biliary fistula, gallstone ileus, and Mirizzi's syndrome / Henrik Petrowsky and Pierre-Alain Clavien -- Benign and malignant gallbladder tumors / John T. Mullen, Christopher H. Crane and Jean-Nicolas Vauthey -- The intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts. Acute cholangitis / Suyi Chang and Joseph Leung |
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Sect. 1. Anatomy, pathophysiology, and epidemiology of the biliary system. Anatomy and physiology of the biliary tree and gallbladder / James Toouli and Mayank Bhandari -- Pathology of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts and gallbladder / Kay Washington -- Epidemiology of diseases of the bile ducts and gallbladder / Markus H. Heim -- Sect. 2. Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for the biliary tree and gallbladder. Noninvasive imaging of the biliary system / Elmar M. Merkle, Rendon C. Nelson and Henrik Petrowsky -- Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the biliary tree gallbladder / Kevin McGrath and John Baillie -- Percutaneous biliary imaging and intervention / Paul V. Suhocki -- Radiation therapy for disease of the biliary tree and gallbladder / Brian G. Czito and Mitchell S. Anscher -- Surgery of the biliary system / Lucas McCormack, Markus Selzner and Pierre-Alain Clavien |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bile ducts -- Diseases.
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Gallbladder -- Diseases.
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Bile Duct Diseases -- diagnosis.
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Bile Duct Diseases -- therapy.
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Gallbladder Diseases -- diagnosis.
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Gallbladder Diseases -- therapy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baillie, John, FRCP (Glasg.)
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Clavien, Pierre-Alain.
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Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| LC no. |
2006000956 |
| ISBN |
0470986972 (electronic bk.) |
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0470986980 |
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9780470986974 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470986981 |
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