The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery
1216The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery
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Every existing chapter in The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine and Surgery, 3rd Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include the many changes in clinical practice since publication of the current edition. The book includes new guidelines for non-surgical and surgical treatment; new molecular biologic pathways to support clinical decision making in targeted treatment of pancreatic cancer; new minimally invasive surgical approaches for pancreatic diseases; and the latest knowledge of neuroendocrine tumors and periampullary tumors.
- The most encyclopedic book on the pancreas—providing outstanding and clear guidance for the practicing clinician
- Covers every known pancreatic disorder in detail including its anatomy, physiology, pathology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management
- Completely updated with brand new chapters
- Over 500 downloadable illustrations
- An editor and author team of high international repute who present global best-practice
The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine and Surgery, 3rd Edition is an important book for gastroenterologists and gastrointestinal surgeons worldwide.
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ISBN-13: | 9781119188414 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 01/05/2018 |
Sold by: | JOHN WILEY & SONS |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 1216 |
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About the Author
HANS G. BEGER, MD, FACS(Hon), JSS(Hon), CSS(Hon), Founding Editor, Professor Emeritus of Surgery, c/o University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
ANDREW L. WARSHAW, MD, FACS, FRCSEd(Hon), W. Gerald Austen Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
RALPH H. HRUBAN, MD, Baxley Professor and Director, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
MARKUS W. BÜCHLER, MD, Professor of Surgery and Chair, Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
MARKUS M. LERCH, MD, FRCP, Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine A, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
JOHN P. NEOPTOLEMOS, MA, MB, BCHIR, MD, FRCS, FMEDSCI, Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
TOORU SHIMOSEGAWA, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
DAVID C. WHITCOMB, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Cell Biology & Physiology, and Human Genetics, Director, UPMC Precision Medicine Service, University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Table of Contents
Contributors xiiiPreface xxix
Abbreviations xxx
About the Companion Website xlii
Section 1 Anatomy of the Pancreas 1
1 Development of the Pancreas and Related Structures 3Brian Lewis and Junhao Mao
2 Anatomy, Histology, and Fine Structure of the Pancreas 10Daniel S. Longnecker, Fred Gorelick, and Elizabeth D. Thompson
3 Congenital and Inherited Anomalies of the Pancreas 24Martin Zenker and Markus M. Lerch
Section 2 Physiology and Pathophysiology of Pancreatic Functions 414 Physiology of Acinar Cell Secretion 43Ole H. Petersen
5 Physiology of Duct Cell Secretion 56Mei Zeng, Laura Vachel, and Shmuel Muallem
6 Pathophysiology of Experimental Pancreatitis 63Vikas Dudeja, Rajinder Dawra, and Ashok K. Saluja
7 Physiology and Pathophysiology of Function of Sphincter of Oddi 75Savio George Barreto and James Toouli
8 Neurohormonal and Hormonal Control of Pancreatic Secretion 84Chung Owyang
9 Regulation of Pancreatic Protein Synthesis and Growth 95Maria Dolors Sans and John A. Williams
10 Fibrogenesis in the Pancreas: The Role of Stellate Cells 106Minoti V. Apte, Romano C. Pirola, and Jeremy S. Wilson
11 Fibrogenesis of the Pancreas: The Role of Macrophages 117Aida Habtezion
12 Insulo–Acinar Relationship 123Keiko Shiratori and Kyoko Shimizu
Section 3 Acute Pancreatitis 133
13 Epidemiology and Etiology of Alcohol‐Induced Pancreatitis 135Jeremy S. Wilson, Romano C. Pirola, and Minoti V. Apte
14 Epidemiology and Etiology of Acute Biliary Pancreatitis 146Michael G.T. Raraty, Andrea Sheel, and John P. Neoptolemos
15 Genetic Factors in Acute Pancreatitis 158Zachary Zator and Georgios I. Papachristou
16 The Role of the Intestine and Mesenteric Lymph in the Development of Systemic Inflammation and MODS in Severe Acute Pancreatitis 166Alistair B.J. Escott, Anthony R.J. Phillips, and John A. Windsor
17 The Role of Neurogenic Inflammation in Pancreatitis 173Jami L. Saloman, Kathryn M. Albers, and Brian M. Davis
18 Molecular, Biochemical, and Metabolic Abnormalities in Acute Pancreatitis 178Julia Mayerle, Frank Ulrich Weiss, Walter Halangk, and Markus M. Lerch
19 Histopathology of Acute Pancreatitis 193Günter Klöppel
20 Clinical Classification Systems of Acute Pancreatitis 199John A. Windsor and Max S. Petrov
21 Clinical Assessment and Biochemical Markers to Objectify Severity and Prognosis 204Bettina M. Rau and Guido Alsfasser
22 Acute Pancreatitis Associated With Congenital Anomalies 213Christopher R. Schlieve, Andrew L. Warshaw, and Tracy C. Grikscheit
23 Acute Pancreatitis in Children 219Mark E. Lowe and Véronique D. Morinville
24 Acute Pancreatitis Associated With Metabolic Disorders, Infectious Diseases, or Drugs 230Ali A. Aghdassi and Markus M. Lerch
25 Radiologic Diagnosis and Staging of Severe Acute Pancreatitis 238Yoshihisa Tsuji
Clinical Course and Medical Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis 251
26 Conservative Therapy of Acute Pancreatitis: Volume Substitution and Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition 251Timothy B. Gardner
27 ICU Treatment of Severe Acute Pancreatitis 258Scott R. Gunn and David C. Whitcomb
28 Use of Antibiotics in Severe Acute Pancreatitis: Indications and Limitations 265Rainer Isenmann and Mathias Wittau
Interventional and Surgical Management of Acute Pancreatitis 271
29 Indications for Interventional and Surgical Treatment of Necrotizing Pancreatitis 271Thomas E. Clancy
30 Management of Infected Pancreatic Necroses: An Endoscopic Approach 277Eduardo Rodrigues‐Pinto and Todd H. Baron
31 Minimally Invasive Debridement and Lavage of Necrotizing Pancreatitis 283Rebecca Saunders, Michael G.T. Raraty, Chris Halloran, and John P. Neoptolemos
32 Open Surgical Debridement in Necrotizing Pancreatitis 289Lutz Schneider and Markus W. Büchler
33 Endoscopic Treatment of Biliary Acute Pancreatitis 296Ichiro Yasuda, Shinpei Doi, and Masatoshi Mabuchi
34 Strategies for the Treatment of Pancreatic Pseudocysts and Walled‐Off Necrosis After Acute Pancreatitis: Interventional Endoscopic Approaches 301Georg Beyer, Julia Mayerle, and Markus M. Lerch
35 Strategies for the Treatment of Pancreatic Pseudocysts and Walled‐Off Necrosis After Acute Pancreatitis: Surgical Treatment 305Naohiro Sata, Masaru Koizumi, and Alan K. Lefor
36 Management of Fluid Collection in Acute Pancreatitis 311Felix Lämmerhirt, Frank Ulrich Weiss, and Markus M. Lerch
37 Management of Pancreatic Fistula in Acute Pancreatitis 316Jörg Kaiser, Thilo Hackert, and Markus W. Büchler
Long-Term Outcome After Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis 323
38 Long‐Term Outcome After Acute Pancreatitis 323Christin Tjaden and Thilo Hackert
Section 4 Chronic Pancreatitis 331
39 Molecular Understanding of Chronic Pancreatitis 333John F. Eisses and Sohail Z. Husain
40 Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Alcoholic Chronic Pancreatitis 342Atsushi Masamune and Tooru Shimosegawa
41 Pain Mechanisms in Chronic Pancreatitis 349Pierluigi di Sebastiano, Tommaso Grottola, and Francesco F. di Mola
42 Natural History of Recurrent Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis 355Rohit Das and Dhiraj Yadav
43 Chronic Pancreatitis with Inflammatory Mass of the Pancreatic Head 365Ulrich F. Wellner and Tobias Keck
44 Early Chronic Pancreatitis 371Tetsuhide Ito, Masayuki Hijioka, and Tooru Shimosegawa
45 Hereditary Chronic Pancreatitis: Molecular Pattern, Clinical Consequences, and Management Principles 374Celeste Shelton and David C. Whitcomb
46 Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Tropical Chronic Pancreatitis 384Shailesh V. Shrikhande and Savio George Barreto
47 Cystic Fibrosis (CFTR)‐Associated Pancreatic Disease 391Chee Y. Ooi and Aliye Uc
48 Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis 397Julia Mayerle, Peter Simon, and Markus M. Lerch
49 Evidence of Contrast‐Enhanced CT and MRI/MRCP 406J. Enrique Domínguez‐Muñoz, Roberto García‐Figueiras, and Julio Iglesias‐García
50 Chronic Pancreatitis: Risk Factors in Cancer 417Albert B. Lowenfels and Patrick Maisonneuve
Conservative Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis 42151 Pain Management in Chronic Pancreatitis 421Kai Bachmann, Stephanie Plagemann, Yogesh Kumar Vashist, and Jakob R. Izbicki
52 Medical Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis: Pancreatic Digestive Enzymes: Lipases, Proteases 426Mark E. Lowe
53 Nutritional Support of Chronic Pancreatitis 429Sinead N. Duggan and Stephen J. O’Keefe
54 Medical Therapy for Chronic Pancreatitis: Antioxidants 435Chris E. Forsmark
Strategies for Endoscopic and Surgical Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis 439
55 Evidence of Endoscopic and Interventional Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis and Pseudocysts 439Jörg Schirra, Markus M. Lerch, and Julia Mayerle
56 Indications and Goals of Surgical Treatment 449Ryan T. Groeschl and Michael B. Farnell
57 Pancreatic Duct Drainage Procedure 453Dirk Bausch and Tobias Keck
58 Duodenum‐Preserving Pancreatic Head Resection 458Hans G. Beger, Bertram Poch, Yang Yinmo, and Waldemar UhlContents vii
59 Major Pancreatic Resection 467May C. Tee and Michael B. Farnell
60 Laparoscopic Surgery 479Vernissia Tam, Melissa E. Hogg, and Amer Zureikat
Management of Diabetes and Long-Term Outcome of Chronic Pancreatitis 488
61 Chronic Pancreatitis: Long‐Term Outcome After Medical and Surgical Treatment 488Volker Aßfalg, Norbert Hüser, and Helmut Friess
62 Management of Pancreatic Diabetes Secondary to Chronic Pancreatitis 495Keiko Shiratori
Section 5 Autoimmune Pancreatitis 503
63 Epidemiology of Autoimmune Pancreatitis 505Terumi Kamisawa and Tooru Shimosegawa
64 Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Pancreatitis 510Yoh Zen
65 Histology of Autoimmune Pancreatitis 516Rajib Gupta and Vikram Deshpande
66 Clinical Manifestation of Type 1 Autoimmune Pancreatitis 520Tooru Shimosegawa, Morihisa Hirota, and Atsushi Kanno
67 Clinical Manifestations of Type 2 Autoimmune Pancreatitis 534Emma L. Culver and George Webster
68 Laboratory Diagnosis of Autoimmune Pancreatitis 539J.‐Matthias Löhr, Pia Maier, and Stephan L. Haas
69 What is the Evidence Measuring Immune Markers 544Shigeyuki Kawa
70 Imaging Diagnosis of Autoimmune Pancreatitis 550Kazuichi Okazaki, Tsukasa Ikeura, Kazushige Uchida, and Makoto Takaoka
71 Medical Management of Autoimmune Pancreatitis 555Shounak Majumder and Suresh T. Chari
Long-Term Outcome of Management of Autoimmune Pancreatitis 560
72 Long‐Term Outcome After Treatment of Autoimmune Pancreatitis 560Luca Frulloni and Nicolò de Pretis
Section 6 Neoplastic Tumors of the Exocrine Tissue: Benign Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas 565
73 Epidemiology of Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas 567Saurabh Mukewar and Suresh T. Chari
74 Histologic Classification and Staging of Cystic Neoplasms 573Noriyoshi Fukushima and Giuseppe Zamboni
75 Molecular Mechanisms of Cystic Neoplasia 580Nickolas Papadopoulos and Ralph H. Hruban
76 Clinical Presentation of Cystic Neoplasms 589Susumu Hijioka, Kazuo Hara, Nobumasa Mizuno, Nozomi Okuno, and Kenji Yamao
77 Evaluation of Cystic Lesions Using EUS, MRI, and CT 593Anne Marie Lennon and Hiroyuki Maguchi
78 Cytologic Evaluation of Cystic Neoplasms 603Martha Bishop Pitman
79 Natural History of Cystic Neoplasms: IPMN, MCN, SCN, and SPN 611Anna‐Katharina Stadler, Thilo Hackert, Stefan Fritz, and Markus W. Büchler
80 Surveillance or Surgical Treatment in Asymptomatic Cystic Neoplasms 618Klaus Sahora and Carlos Fernández‐ del Castillo
Local and Standard Surgical Treatment of Cystic Neoplasms 622
81 Duodenum‐Preserving Partial or Total Pancreatic Head Resection 622Hans G. Beger and Bertram Poch
82 Pancreatic Middle Segment Resection 627Calogero Iacono
83 The Indications For and Limitations of Tumor Enucleation 632Rosalie A. Carr, C. Max Schmidt, and Henry A. Pitt
84 Standard Surgical Management of IPMN, MCN, SPN, and SCN Lesions: Open Approach 641Miral Sadaria Grandhi, Barish H. Edil, and Richard D. Schulick
85 Surgical Treatment of Cystic Neoplasms: Laparoscopic Approach 649Richard A. Burkhart, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Markus W. Büchler, and Thilo Hackert
86 Management of Recurrence of Cystic Neoplasms 655Zhi Ven Fong, Christopher L. Wolfgang, and Keith D. Lillemoe
Long-Term Outcome of Management of Cystic Neoplasms 660
87 Long‐Term Outcome After Observation and Surgical Treatment: What is the Evidence? 660Giovanni Marchegiani, Giuseppe Malleo, and Claudio Bassi
Section 7 Neoplastic Tumors of Exocrine Tissue: Pancreatic Cancer 665
88 Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer 667Evelina Mocci and Alison P. Klein
89 Smoking, a Risk for Pancreatic Cancer: Experimental and Clinical Data 673Uwe A. Wittel, Bradley R. Hall, and Surinder K. Batra
90 Molecular Understanding of Development of Ductal Pancreatic Cancer 679Laura D. Wood and Ralph H. Hruban
91 Familial Pancreatic Cancer 688Alison P. Klein
92 Pathology of Exocrine Pancreatic Tumors 693Meredith E. Pittman and Ralph H. Hruban
93 Pancreatic Cancer: Precancerous Lesions 705Michaël Noë, Lodewijk A.A. Brosens, and Johan Offerhaus
94 Clinical History and Risk Factors of Pancreatic Cancer 717Norbert Hüser, Volker Aßfalg, and Helmut Friess
95 Pancreatic Cancer Within the Uncinate Process: Radiologic and Clinical Characteristics 724Sebastian Holländer and Dieter Birk
96 The Role of EUS in the Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis of Neoplastic Lesions 728Susumu Hijioka, Kazuo Hara, Nobumasa Mizuno, Nozomi Okuno, and Kenji Yamao
97 Radiologic Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer: CT, MRI 733Siva P. Raman and Elliot K. Fishman
98 Screening of Patients with Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer 745Michael Goggins
99 The Role of PET in Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer and Cancer Recurrence 755Norbert Hüser, Volker Aßfalg, Isabel Rauscher, and Helmut Friess
100 Tumor Markers in Pancreatic Malignancies 762Shin Hamada, Atsushi Masamune, and Tooru Shimosegawa
101 The Role of Laparoscopy and Peritoneal Cytology in the Management of Pancreatic Cancer 766Kyoichi Takaori and Shinji Uemoto
102 Clinical Assessment and Staging of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer 770Jennifer LaFemina, Ann K. Friedrich, and Giles F. Whalen
Surgical Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer 776
103 Pancreatic Cancer: Indications for Resection 776Akimasa Nakao
104 Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Cancer, Short‐ and Long‐Term Outcomes After Kausch–Whipple and Pylorus‐Preserving Resection 783Jin He and John L. Cameron
105 Left Pancreatectomy for Body and Tail Cancer 790Georgios Gemenetzis and Christopher L. Wolfgang
106 Total Pancreatectomy: Indications and Limitations 797Seiko Hirono and Hiroki Yamaue
107 Laparoscopic and Robotic Resection for Pancreatic Cancer 804Deepa Magge, Herbert J. Zeh, and Melissa E. Hogg
108 Extended Radical Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer 814Thilo Hackert, Alexis Ulrich, and Markus W. Büchler
109 Palliative Pancreatoduodenectomy: Benefits and Limitations 823Christoph W. Michalski, Max Heckler, Mert Erkan, and Markus W. Büchler
110 Bypass Surgery for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer 828Jürgen Weitz, Thomas Pausch, Christoph W. Michalski, and Thilo Hackert
Nonsurgical Palliation of Pancreatic Cancer 835
111 Endoscopic and Interventional Palliation of Pancreatic Cancer 835Takao Itoi
Medical Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer 842
112 Neoadjuvant Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer: Downstaging Results 842Robert A. Wolff and Gauri Varadhachary
113 Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer 847Robert P. Jones, Paula Ghaneh, and John P. Neoptolemos
114 Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer 856Adrian G. Murphy, Elizabeth M. Jaffee, and Lei Zheng
115 Targeted Therapies for Pancreatic Cancer 865Vincent Bernard and Anirban Maitra
116 Palliative Chemotherapy for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Survival Benefit and Side Effects of Treatment 872Olusola O. Faluyi, Madhuchanda Chatterjee, and Daniel H. Palmer
117 Management of Pain in Pancreatic Cancer 879Michael Erdek, Indy Wilkinson, and Zackary E. Boomsaad
118 Role of Radio and Proton Beam Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer 886Amol K. Narang, Lauren M. Rosati, Michael D. Chuong, and Joseph M. Herman
119 Management of Cancer Recurrence 895Oliver Strobel and Markus W. Büchler
Long-Term Outcome After Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer 906
120 Survival and Late Morbidity After Resection of Pancreatic Cancer 906Avinoam Nevler, Charles J. Yeo, and Jordan M. Winter
Section 8 Neoplastic Tumors of the Endocrine Pancreas: Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas 919
121 Epidemiology and Classification of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas 921J.J. Mukherjee, Kok‐Onn Lee, and Gregory Kaltsas
122 Pathology of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms 930Atsuko Kasajima and Hironobu Sasano
123 Molecular Genetics of Neuroendocrine Tumors 937Nickolas Papadopoulos and Ralph H. Hruban
124 Clinical Manifestation of Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas 947Ken Kawabe and Tetsuhide Ito
125 Evidence of Hormonal, Laboratory, Biochemical, and Instrumental Diagnostics of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas 953Kok‐Onn Lee, Gregory Kaltsas, and J.J. Mukherjee
126 Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors in Multiple Neoplasia Syndromes 961Anja Rinke and Thomas Matthias Gress
127 Nonfunctioning Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Diagnosis and Management Principles 967Takao Ohtsuka, Hideyo Kimura, and Masafumi Nakamura
128 Medical and Nucleotide Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas 972Gregory Kaltsas, J.J. Mukherjee, and Kok‐Onn Lee
129 Interventional Radiology in the Treatment of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors 979Takao Ohtsuka, Hideyo Kimura, and Masafumi Nakamura
Surgical Management of Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas 982
130 Surgical Treatment of Endocrine Tumors: Enucleation 982Henning Dralle, Phuong Nguyen Thanh, and Andreas Machens
131 Local Treatment of Endocrine Tumors: Duodenum‐Preserving Partial or Total Pancreatic Head Resection and Pancreatic Middle‐Segment Resection 989Hans G. Beger and Wataru Kimura
132 Surgical Treatment of Endocrine Tumors: Major Oncologic Resection 994Henning Dralle, Phuong Nguyen Thanh, and Andreas Machens
133 Management of Insulinoma 1002Keijiro Ueda, Linkaku Lee, and Tetsuhide Ito
134 Evidence of Medical and Surgical Treatment of Gastrinoma 1009Ryuichiro Doi
135 Rare Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas: Management and Evidence of Surgical Treatment 1013Ryuichiro Doi
136 Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas and Biliary Tract 1019Andrea Frilling, Ashley K. Clift, and Vito Cincinnati
Long-Term Outcome After Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas 1029
137 Long‐Term Outcome After Treatment of Endocrine Tumors 1029Andreas Machens and Henning Dralle
Section 9 Periampullary Cancers and Tumors Other Than Pancreatic Cancer 1035
138 Periampullary Cancer: Clinical Presentation and Diagnostic Strategies 1037Amanda B. Cooper and Keith D. Lillemoe
139 Histology and Genetics of Cancer of the Papilla, Distal Common Bile Duct, and Duodenum 1047Yue Xue, Michelle D. Reid, and N. Volkan Adsay
140 Adenoma and Adenocarcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater: Diagnosis and Management 1058Omer Basar and William R. Brugge
141 Endoscopic Treatment of Adenomas of the Ampulla of Vater: Techniques, Results, Benefits, and Limitations 1068Natsuyo Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Isayama, and Kazuhiko Koike
142 Surgical Treatment of Adenoma and Cancer of Papilla of Vater 1074Hans G. Beger, Bertram Poch, and Bettina M. Rau
143 Surgical Treatment of Duodenal Cancer 1081Fuyuhiko Motoi and Michiaki Unno
144 Surgical Treatment of Distal Cholangiocarcinoma 1083Yukihiro Yokoyama, Tomoki Ebata, and Masato Nagino
145 Adjuvant and Palliative Chemotherapy of Periampullary Cancers 1089Eyas Mohamed, Paula Ghaneh, and John P. Neoptolemos
Long-Term Survival After Tumor Resection 1097
146 Long‐Term Survival After Resection of Periampullary Cancer 1097Masayuki Ohtsuka and Masaru Miyazaki
Section 10 Transplantation of the Pancreas 1107
147 Transplantation of Pancreatic Islets 1109Bernhard J. Hering and Melena D. Bellin
148 Transplantation of the Pancreas 1121Hans W. Sollinger and Dixon B. Kaufman
Index 1129
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