Diseases Of The Biliary Tract An Issue Of Surgical Clinics

This issue of Surgical Clinics of North America focuses on Diseases of the Biliary Tract, and is edited by Dr. J Bart Rose. Articles will include: Anatomy, Embryology, and Imaging of the Biliary Tract; Cholangitis: Causes, Diagnosis, and Management; Autoimmune Diseases of the Biliary Tract; Biliary Dyskinesia; Gallstone Disease: Cholecystitis, Mirizzi’s Syndrome, Bouveret Syndrome, Gallstone Ileus; Technical Aspects of CholecystectomyTechnical Aspects of Bile Duct Evaluation and Exploration; Iatrogenic Biliary Injuries: Identification, Classification, and Management; Premalignant lesions: IPNB, Choledochal Cysts, and Biliary Cystadenomas; Gallbladder Cancer; Ampullary Cancer; Endoscopic Management of Biliary Disorders: Diagnostic and Therapeutic; Role of Transplant in Biliary Disease; Bile Metabolism and Lithogenesis; Cholangiocarcinoma: Intra and Extrahepatic; and more!

Editor Jessica Wernberg and authors review the current management and procedures in biliary tract surgery. Articles will cover: anatomy and embryology of the biliary tract, bile duct cysts, symptomatic cholelithiasis and functional disorders of the biliary tract, gallstone pancreatitis, technical aspects of bile duct evaluation and exploration, iatrogenic biliary injuries, proximal biliary malignancy, distal biliary malignancy, gallbladder cancer, bile duct metabolism and lithogenesis, unusual complications of gallstones, endoscopic management of biliary disorders, biliary issues in the bariatric population, technical aspects of cholecystectomy, cholecystitis, and more!

This issue of Surgical Clinics of North America focuses on Diseases of the Biliary Tract, and is edited by Dr. J Bart Rose. Articles will include: ?Anatomy, Embryology, and Imaging of the Biliary Tract; Cholangitis: Causes, Diagnosis, and Management; Autoimmune Diseases of the Biliary Tract; Biliary Dyskinesia; Gallstone Disease: Cholecystitis, Mirizzi's Syndrome, Bouveret Syndrome, Gallstone Ileus; Technical Aspects of CholecystectomyTechnical Aspects of Bile Duct Evaluation and Exploration; Iatrogenic Biliary Injuries: Identification, Classification, and Management; Premalignant lesions: IPNB, Choledochal Cysts, and Biliary Cystadenomas; Gallbladder Cancer; Ampullary Cancer; Endoscopic Management of Biliary Disorders: Diagnostic and Therapeutic; Role of Transplant in Biliary Disease; Bile Metabolism and Lithogenesis; Cholangiocarcinoma: Intra and Extrahepatic; and more

This issue of the Surgical Clinics of North America devoted to Biliary Surgery will include disucssions on the following topics: biliary anatomy and embryology; lithogenesis and bile metabolism; biliary imaging; cholecystitis; open cholecystectomy; biliary injuries; common bile duct exploration; disorders associated with gallstones; biliary dyskinesia; endoscopic evaluation of biliary disorders; biliary cysts; sclerosing cholangitis; proximal biliary malignancy; distal biliary malignancy; and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America is devoted to "Biliary Tract and Primary Liver Tumors" and is edited by Timothy Pawlik, MD, of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Expert authors in this issue review this topic in articles such as: Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Biliary Tract Tumors and Primary Liver Tumors; Imaging of the Patient with a Biliary Tract or Primary Liver Tumor; Percutaneous and Endoscopic Approaches to Biliary Tract Tumors and Primary Liver Tumors; Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma; Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma; Distal Cholangiocarcinoma; Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Staging of Biliary Tract and Primary Liver Tumors; Intra-arterial Therapies: Primary Liver Tumors; Radiotherapy: Primary Liver Tumors; Systemic and Targeted Therapy; and Palliation: Treating Patients with Inoperable Biliary Tract and Primary Liver Tumors.

This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America focuses on Biliary Tract and Primary Liver Tumors and is edited by Dr. T. Clark Gamblin. Articles will include: Biliary Tract and Primary Liver Tumors; Biliary Tract and Primary Liver Tumors: Who, What and Why?; Imaging Updates for Biliary Tract or Primary Liver Tumors; Endoscopic and Percutaneous Approaches to Treat of Biliary Tract and Primary Liver Tumors: Controversies and Advances; Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Strategies and Options; Surgical Considerations of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma; Gall Bladder Cancer: Managing the Incidental Diagnosis; Approaches and Outcomes to Distal Cholangiocarcinoma; Evolving Surgical Options of Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Staging of Biliary and Primary Liver Tumors: Current Reccomendations and Workup; Systemic and Targeted Therapy for Biliary Tract Tumors and Primary Liver Tumors; Regional Chemotherapy for Biliary Tract and Primary Liver Cancer; Role of Radioembolization for Biliary Tract and Primary Liver Cancer; Inoperable Biliary Tract and Primary Liver Tumors: Palliative Treatment Options; Expanding the Surgical Pool for Hepatic Resection to Treat Biliary and Primary Liver Tumors; and more!

Dr. Van Dam is one of key leaders in the field of diagnostic endoscopy, and he has enlisted authors who are top experts in their fields to submit state-of-the-art clinical reviews on endoscopy and biliary tract disease. Articles are devoted to infections, choledoscopy, common bile duct stones, benign and malignant bile duct strictures, motility disorders, and EUS access and drainage of the common bile duct. Attention is also given to patients with bile duct injury, congenital anomalies, and to liver transplant patients. Readers will come away with a full overview of endoscopy and the patient with biliary tract disease.

This issue of Surgical Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Clifford Cho, is devoted to Technical Aspects of Oncological Hepatic Surgery. He has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Determination of Resectability; Radiographic Characterization of Hepatic Tumors; Chemotherapy-associated Hepatotoxicity; Preoperative Assessment and Optimization of the Future Liver Remnant; Anatomy of Hepatic Resectional Surgery; Resection of Gallbladder Carcinoma; Resection of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma; Technical Aspects of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Hemostasis and Hepatic Surgery; Minimally Invasive Hepatic Surgery; Hepatic Tumor Ablation; Hepatic Transarterial Therapies; Hepatic Perfusion Therapy; Hepatic Artery Infusional Chemotherapy; Ex vivo Hepatic Surgery, and more!