The management of gallstone disease : a practical and evidence-based approach /: a practical and evidence-based approach. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael R. Cox, Guy D. Eslick, Robert Padbury, editors.
• Editors: Cox, Michael R; Eslick, Guy D; Padbury, Robert
• Contents: Intro; Foreword; Book Foreword I; Foreword; Book Foreword II; Contents; 1: Operative Anatomy and Surgical Landmarks of the Biliary System; Introduction; Embryology; The Gallbladder; The Cystic Duct; Extrahepatic Biliary Anatomy; Intraoperative Cholangiography; Duct of Luschka; Cystic and Hepatic Arteries; Blood Supply to the CBD; Venous and Lymphatic Drainage; Calot's Triangle and the Hepatocystic Triangle; The Plate System; Rouviere's Sulcus; The Critical View of Safety (CVS); References; 2: Biliary Imaging for Gallstone Disease; Introduction; Imaging Modalities; Ultrasound; CT Multiphase CTCT Cholangiogram (Fig. 2.3); MRI; Nuclear Medicine; Cholescintigraphy (Figs. 10.1 and 10.2); PET; Pre-operative Imaging; Introduction; Acute Cholecystitis; Ultrasound; Computed Tomography; MRI; Sludge; Adenomyomatosis; Polyps; Pseudotumours; Cholesterol Polyps; Adenomyomatosis; Inflammatory Polyps; Tumorous Polyps; Adenomas; Gallbladder Carcinoma; Complicated Cholecystitis; Emphysematous Cholecystitis; Gangrenous Cholecystitis; Haemorrhagic Cholecystitis; Perforation; Hepatic Abscess; Chronic Cholecystitis; Porcelain Gallbladder; Xanthogranulomatous Cholecystitis Acalculous CholecystitisEmphysematous Cholecystitis; Percutaneous Cholecystostomy; Post Surgical Imaging; Common Bile Duct Diameter; Bile Leak and Duct Injury; Biliary Stricture and Obstruction; Clip Migration; Lithiasis (Retained and Recurrent); Dropped Gallstones; Biliary Dyskinesia and Papillary Stenosis; Other Stone Related Diseases; Mirizzi Syndrome; Gallstone Ileus; Hepatolithiasis; References; 3: Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Gallstones; Epidemiology of Gallstones; Prevalence of Gallstones; Burden of Disease; Pathogenesis of Gallstones; Cholesterol Stones; Supersaturation of Bile Biliary StasisAccelerated Nucleation of Cholesterol Crystals; Mucus Hypersecretion of the Gallbladder; Brown Pigment Stones; Black Pigment Stones; Risk Factors; Dietary factors; Oestrogen; Age; Obesity; Prolonged Fasting; Spinal Cord Injury; Crohn's Disease; Drugs; Genetics; Natural History of Gallstones; Asymptomatic; Symptomatic; Complications; Biliary sludge; Gallstones and Cancer; Key Points; References; 4: What Are Biliary Symptoms?; Introduction; Acute Biliary Pain: The Exact Nature of Biliary Pain; Symptoms Unlikely to Be Caused by the Gallbladder Other Symptoms Attributable to Gallstones and the GallbladderHeartburn/Oesophageal Reflux; Nausea; Pain of Acute Cholecystitis; Biliary Symptoms and No Stones Seen; References; 5: Asymptomatic Gallstones; Introduction; Arguments for and Against Prophylactic Surgery; Coexistent Gallbladder Polyps; Large Gallstones; Small Gallstones; Diabetes; Transplant; Gallbladder Calcification; Silent Choledocholithiasis; Haemolytic Anaemias; Splenectomy for Hereditary Spherocytosis; Asymptomatic Stones Found at Abdominal Surgery; Upper Gastro-intestinal Surgery; Bariatric Surgery; Small Bowel Resection
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 617.556; Medicine; Gallstones; Gallbladder -- Cancer; Cholecystectomy; Gallstones -- diagnosis; Gallstones -- surgery; Cholecystectomy; Postoperative Complications -- prevention & control; MEDICAL / Surgery / General; Cholecystectomy; Gallbladder -- Cancer; Gallstones; Medicine & Public Health; Gastroenterology; General Surgery; Medical -- Surgery -- General; General surgery; Gastroenterology; Surgery; Medical -- Gastroenterology; Gastroenterology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319638843
• Related ISBNs: 331963884X; 9783319638829; 3319638823
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 31, 2018).
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