Surgery of the Pancreas and Spleen: Handbooks in General Surgery

by Kirby I. Bland (Editor), Michael G. Sarr (Editor), Markus W. Bïchler (Editor), Attila Csendes (Editor), Oliver James Garden (Editor)

Overview

Surgery of the Pancreas and Spleen provides an illustrative, instructive, and comprehensive review that depicts the rationale of basic operative principles essential to surgical therapy in pancreatic and splenic disorders. The chapters provide pertinent and concise summaries of how to deal with various pancreatic and splenic disorders, spanning benign and malignant problems and minimally invasive procedures. Stages of operative approaches with relevant technical considerations are outlined in an easily understandable manner. Complications are reviewed when appropriate for the organ system and problem. The text is illustrated throughout by line drawings and photographs that depict anatomic or technical principles. A concise, handbook-sized reference work, this book is a valuable resource for all general surgeons and residents in training.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849963688
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	10/26/2010
Series:	Handbooks in General Surgery
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

This book is edited by a team of experts from across the globe. Kirby I. Bland, MD, is based at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, in the USA, where he is the Fay Fletcher Kerner Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, and the Deputy Director at the Comprehensive Cancer Center. Michael G. Sarr, MD is the James C. Marson Professor of Surgery at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN in the USA. Markus W. Büchler, MD, is a Professor of Surgery and the Chairman of the Department of General and Visceral Surgery at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Attila Csendes, MD FACS(Hon) is a Professor of Surgery and the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University Hospital in Santiago, Chile. O. James Garden, MBChB MD FRCS(Ed) FRCP(Ed) FRACS(Hon), is the Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery at the Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in the UK. John Wong, BSc(Med(Syd)) MBBS(Syd) PhD(Syd) MD(Hon(Syd)) FRACS FRCS(Edin) FRCS(Glasg) FACS(Hon) is the Chair Professor for the Department of Surgery at The University of Hong Kong and Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong, China.

Table of Contents

Part I Pancreas-Benign

1 Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis Ross Carter Colin J. McKay 3

2 Acute Pancreatitis José Eduardo M. Cunha Marcel C. C. Machado José Jukemura 17

3 Chronic Pancreatitis: From Endotherapy to Surgery Jens Werner Markus W. Büchler 33

4 Pancreas Divisum Andrew L. Warshaw 55

5 Pancreatic Pseudocysts Åke Andrén-Sandberg 69

6 Obstructive Jaundice: Preoperative Evaluation Juan Pekolj Martín Palavecino 83

7 Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas Michael G. Sarr George H. Sakorafas 95

Part II Pancreas-Malignant

8 Pancreatic Carcinoma Melinda M. Mortenson Debra L. Kennamer Eric P. Tamm Huamin Wang Douglas B. Evans 111

9 Nonfunctioning Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors Carmen C. Solórzano Richard A. Prinz 137

Part III Spleen-Benign

10 Splenectomy Robert T.A. Padbury 161

11 Cyst and Abscess of the Spleen Luis Poggi Juan Luis Calisto 179

Part IV Spleen-Malignant

12 Malignant Diseases of the Spleen Patricio Burdiles Yaira Lopez 193

Part V Minimally Invasive Procedures

13 Advanced Gastric and Pancreatic Laparoscopic Procedures Pedro Ferraina Luis A. Durand Ariel Ferraro Miguel Caracoche Mario S. Nahmod 205

Index 225