Main description:

This beautifully illustrated monograph provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview about all fields of liver and biliary tract surgery and liver transplantation. It consists of four sections with 48 chapters: Section I: Anatomy, physiology, imaging and general principles, Section II: Biliary tract surgery, Section III: Liver surgery and Section IV: Liver transplantation. The book includes more than 500 figures and illustrations mostly in color. Some of the topics such as computer assisted surgery planning are treated comprehensively for the first time. The book is written in a concise and well conceived way.

Contents:

1: Embryological and Surgical Anatomy of the Intrahepatic and Extrahepatic Biliary Tree 2: Surgical Anatomy of the Liver 3: Anatomic Variations and Anomalies of the Biliary Tree, Veins and Arteries 4: Ultrasonographical Anatomy for the Surgeon - The Value of Intra-Operative Ultrasonography 5: Elements of the Biliary Tract and Liver Physiology 6: Conventional Imaging Studies of Biliary Tract Disease 7: Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography 8: Endoscopic Ultrasonography on Gallbladder and Biliary Tract 9: Hepatobiliary Disease and Anaesthesia 10: Biliary Atresia 11: Congenital Malformations in the Extrahepatic Biliary Tree in Children 12: Gallstone Disease 13: Complications in the Performance of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - What Can Go Wrong? How do Complications have to be Managed? 14: Iatrogenic Injury of the Extrahepatic Bile Ducts - Surgical Reconstruction 15: Principles of the Surgical Management of the Common Bile Duct Stones 16: Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration 17: Endoscopic Management of Common Bile Duct Stones 18: Current Changes in Biliary Reoperations for Benign Lesions 19: Other Bening Biliary Diseases and Lesions 20: Cholangitis 21: Cancer of the Extrahepatic Biliary Tract - Callbladder Carcinoma - Bile Duct Cancer - Endoscopic Pallatiative Management of the Malignancies of the Biliary Tract 22: Operations of the Biliary Tract. Technical Aspects 23: Conventional Imaging Studies of the Liver 24: Three Dimensional (3D) Computed Tomography Images Reconstruction in Liver Surgery 25: Preoperative assessment of liver function 26: Indications for Liver Resection 27: Liver Resection and Stapling Devices - Laparoscopic Resection 28: Liver Resection Assisted with the Radiofrequency Technique 29: LiverResection for ChoH.Langiocarcinoma 30: Portal Vein Embolisation 31: Hepatic Chemoembolization 32: Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT) in the Management of Liver Tumours 33: Radiofrequency ablation of liver and lung colorectal metastases 34: Stem Cell Therapy in Liver Disease 35: Liver Gene Therapy: will gene therapy deliver to the liver patient? 36: Liver Trauma 37: Hydatid Cyst of the Liver 38: Hepatic Abscess 39: Benign Liver Tumours 40: Non-parasitic Cystic Diseases of the Liver and Intrahepatic Biliary Tree 41: Liver Transplantation 42: Operative Data in Liver Transplantation 43: Living Donor Liver Transplantation 44: Intensive Care Unit management 45: Perioperative Complications - Long-Term Complications after Liver Transplantation - Recurrent Diseases after Liver Transplantation 46: Outcome of Liver Transplantation in HIV Patients - Experiences with Liver Transplantation in Inherited Metabolic Liver Diseases - Outcome after Liver Transplantation for Acute Hepatic Failure 47: Computer assisted surgery planning (CASP) in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (ALDLT) 48: Conclusion