Diseases of the Pancreas: Current Surgical Therapy (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Anatomy of the Pancreas.- Development of the Pancreas and Response to Disease.- Congenital Anomalies of the Pancreas and the Extrahepatic Bile Ducts.- Surgical Vascular Anatomy and Histology.- Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Pancreatic Functions.- Pancreatic Exocrine Secretion.- Physiology and Pathophysiology of Endocrine Pancreatic Secretion.- Sphincter of Oddi Physiology and Pathophysiology.- Clinical Standards of Diagnostic Measures.- Ultrasound.- Contrast-Enhanced CT and MRI.- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography.- Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of the Pancreas.- FDG-PET and PET/CT in Pancreatic Cancer.- Laboratory Diagnosis of Exocrine and Endocrine Dysfunctions in Inflammatory and Neoplastic Lesions.- Guidelines, Clinical Evaluation, Short Track.- Acute Pancreatitis.- Etiology and Epidemiology of Acute Pancreatitis.- Epidemiology and Intervention During the Clinical Course of Biliary Acute Pancreatitis.- Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology of Acute Pancreatitis.- Natural Course of Acute Pancreatitis.- Classification of Severe Acute Pancreatitis.- Biochemical Diagnosis, Staging, and Prediction.- Imaging Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis.- Nonsurgical Management of Acute Pancreatitis.- Indications for the Surgical Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis.- Debridement and Closed Packing for the Treatment of Necrotizing Pancreatitis.- Necrosectomy and Redressing.- Necrosectomy and Closed Lavage.- Infected Necrosis - Minimally Invasive Necrosectomy.- Benefits and Limitations of Necrosectomy.- Surgical Management of Pancreatic Abscess.- Surgical Management of Pseudocysts after Acute Pancreatitis.- Interventional Management of Pancreatic Fluid Collections and Abscesses.- Pancreatic and Intestinal Fistulas.- Late Outcome after Necrosectomy.- Chronic Pancreatitis.- Mechanisms of Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis.- Natural Course of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Chronic Pancreatitis: Inflammatory Mass in the Head of the Pancreas - Pacemaker of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Diagnosis: Functional Testing, Radiological Work-up of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Medical Management of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Tropical Chronic Pancreatitis.- Hereditary Chronic Pancreatitis: Diagnosis and Management.- Endoscopic Interventional Treatment.- Indication to Surgical Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Pancreatic Duct Drainage Procedures.- Duodenum-Preserving Pancreatic Head Resection.- Pancreaticoduodenctomy for Chronic Pancreatitis - With or Without Pylorus Preservation.- Central Pancreatectomy.- Distal Pancreatectomy in Patients with Chronic Pancreatitis.- Total Pancreatectomy.- Surgical Treatment of Pseudocysts in Chronic Pancreatitis.- Late Outcome After Medical and Surgical Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis.- Pancreatic Cancer.- Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer.- Pathology of Pancreatic Cancer.- Genetic Pathways in Pancreatic Tumorigenesis.- The Clinical Assessment of Pancreatic Cancer.- The Staging of Pancreatic Cancer.- Oncological Management of Pancreatic Cancer in Advanced Stages.- Indications for Resection of Pancreatic Cancer.- The Kausch-Whipple Pancreatectomy.- Pylorus-Preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy.- Management of Tumor Invasion/Adhesion to the Superior Mesenteric-Portal Vein During Pancreatectomy.- Margin Status Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Implications of R Status.- Subtotal Left Resection for Pancreatic Cancer.- Total Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer.- Laparoscopic Management of Pancreatic Neoplasms.- Bypass Procedures in the Treatment of Nonresectable Carcinoma of the Head of the Pancreas.- Resected Pancreatic Cancer.- Management of Locally Advanced and Recurrent Pancreas Cancer.- Survival After Medical and Surgical Treatment of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.- Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas.- Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors: Epidemiology, Pathology, Pathophysiology, and Diagnosis.- Surgical Treatment of Insulinomas.- Surgical Treatment of the Gastrinoma.- Surgical Treatment of Rare Endocrine Tumors.- Outcom