Diseases of the gallbladder and bile ducts : diagnosis and treatment

Anatomy and physiology of the biliary tree and gallbladder / James Toouli and Mayank Bhandari -- Pathology of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts and gallbladder / Kay Washington -- Epidemiology of diseases of the bile ducts and gallbladder / Markus H. Heim -- Noninvasive imaging of the biliary system / Elmar M. Merkle, Rendon C. Nelson, and Henrik Petrowsky -- Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the biliary tree and gallbladder / Kevin McGrath and John Baillie -- Percutaneous biliary imaging and intervention / Paul V. Suhocki -- Radiation therapy for disease of the biliary tree and gallbladder / Brian G. Czito and Mitchell S. Anscher -- Surgery of the biliary system / Lucas McCormack, Markus Selzner and Pierre-Alain Clavien -- Laparoscopic treatment for diseases of the gallbladder and the biliary tree / Stefan Wildi ... [et al.] -- Laparoscopic biliary injuries / Steven M. Strasberg -- Medical and innovative therapies for biliary malignancies / Michael A. Morse and Bernhard Pestalozzi -- Natural history and pathogenesis of gallstones / Beat Müllhaupt -- Acute and chronic cholecystitis / Stefan Breitenstein, Armin Kraus and Pierre-Alain Clavien -- Biliary fistula, gallstone ileus, and Mirizzi's syndrome / Henrik Petrowsky and Pierre-Alain Clavien -- Benign and malignant gallbladder tumors / John T. Mullen, Christopher H. Crane, and Jean-Nicolas Vauthey -- Acute cholangitis / Suyi Chang and Joseph Leung -- Cystic diseases of the biliary system / Robert J. Porte and Pierre-Alain Clavien -- Biliary complications of liver transplantation / Mary T. Austin and C. Wright Pinson -- Primary sclerosing cholangitis / Robert Enns -- Cholangiocarcinoma / Markus Selzner and Pierre-Alain Clavien -- Primary biliary cirrhosis / Piotr Milkiewicz and Jenny Heathcote -- Intrahepatic cholestasis / Andrew Stolz and Neil Kaplowitz -- Biliary disease in infants and children / Riccardo Superina.

Includes bibliographical references and index.