Diseases Of The Pancreas And Their Surgical Treatment

Pancreatic diseases are a crucial issue not only because of their epidemiological significance, and their anatomical and metabolic complexity, but also because of the different treatment options available and their implications for surgery. Due to the slow but steady increase in the incidence of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, these diseases are today a real challenge for the surgeon. This volume presents the state of the art of surgery in the treatment of inflammatory and neoplastic pancreatic diseases, describing in detail the different approaches and their most relevant technical aspects. Also described are conventional and interventional radiology, operative endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography (which has recently acquired a diagnostic role), and adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy for treatment or palliation: for only a multidisciplinary approach can produce a global vision, a winning strategy for the optimization of results. Along with the texts, all written by experts, the volume includes color images and drawings. It will prove itself a very useful tool in clinical practice.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter iv. pancreatitis. History.--Although we now know that pancreatitis is far from uncommon, yet it is astonishing that the attention of the profession was not prominently drawn to it until the publication of the classical monograph on the subject by Fitz, of Boston, in 1899, and this is the more astounding from the facts that so early as 1641 Tulpius found an abscess of the pancreas, and that Greisel (quoted by Portal) described a case of gangrenous pancreatitis in 1673. In 1804 Portal gave a good description of pancreatitis and described both the suppurative and gangrenous varieties. He speaks of the subject as if he had seen a number of cases verified by autopsy. Neumann, of Berlin, drew attention to the possibility of a fatal metastasis from parotitis to pancreatitis. Claessen in 1842 collected six cases from various sources. In 1865 Rokitansky and in 1870 Klebs described hae'morrhagic pancreatitis, and in 1870 Kenker prominently drew attention to the significance of haemorrhage within the gland or its vicinity, his observations being confirmed by Prince, Draper, and others. In 1882 Boldt collected eleven cases of pancreatitis out of 140 cases of disease of the pancreas. Moore in the same year saw four cases of thrombosis of the veins around the pancreas, and gave it as his opinion that pancreatitis commenced always in the veins. The same year was signalised by Balser's description of fat necrosis as a sign of pancreatic disease. Senn's classical work in the surgery of the pancreas, in 1886, showed the lines on which surgery might follow. Since Fitz's lecture on acute pancreatitis in 1889 there have been numerous contributions on the subject, and we would especially refer to the monograph of M. Antoin Page on suppurative and...

This book is based on the latest comprehensive data about molecular mechanism of acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. The diagnostic techniques including histology, radiology, sonography etc. are based on the sensitivity and specificity of the respective methods. Special focus is given to the indication and contraindication to surgical techniques. The book contains specific treatment modality and results for the first time after long-term outcome evaluation. There is detailed description of diagnosis and treatment, and the book is abundantly illustrated with approximately 300 color illustrations.

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Pancreatic diseases are a crucial issue not only because of their epidemiological significance, and their anatomical and metabolic complexity, but also because of the different treatment options available and their implications for surgery. Due to the slow but steady increase in the incidence of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, these diseases are today a real challenge for the surgeon. This volume presents the state of the art of surgery in the treatment of inflammatory and neoplastic pancreatic diseases, describing in detail the different approaches and their most relevant technical aspects. Also described are conventional and interventional radiology, operative endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography (which has recently acquired a diagnostic role), and adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy for treatment or palliation: for only a multidisciplinary approach can produce a global vision, a winning strategy for the optimization of results. Along with the texts, all written by experts, the volume includes color images and drawings. It will prove itself a very useful tool in clinical practice.