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Diseases of the gallbladder and bile ducts : - Second edition - Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., c2006 - 1 online resource, xii, 428 pages : illustration ;

Includes bibliographical references and index

Anatomy and physiology of the biliary tree and gallbladder -- Pathology of the intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts and gallbladder -- Epidemiology of diseases of the bile ducts and the gallbladder -- Noninvasive imaging of the biliary system -- Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of the bile ducts and the gallbladder -- Percutaneous diagnosis and treatment of disease of the biliary system -- Radiation therapy for disease of the biliary tree and gallbladder -- Surgery of the biliary system -- Laparoscopic treatment for diseases of the gallbladder and the biliary tree -- Laparoscopic bile duct injuries -- Medical and innovative therapies for biliary malignancies -- Natural history and pathogenesis of gallstones -- Acute and chronic cholecystitis -- Biliary fistula, gallstone ileus, and Mirizzi's syndrome -- Benign and malignant gallbladder tumors -- Acute cholangitis -- Cystic diseases of the biliary system -- Biliary complications of liver transplantation -- Primary sclerosing cholangitis -- Cholangiocarcinoma -- Primary biliary cirrhosis -- Intrahepatic cholestasis -- Biliary disease in infants and children

ISBN: 1405127406 9781405127400

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gallbladder -- Diseases.
Bile ducts -- Diseases.
Gallbladder Diseases -- diagnosis.
Bile Duct Diseases -- diagnosis.
Bile Duct Diseases -- therapy.
Gallbladder Diseases -- therapy.

Dewey Class. No.: 616.365