Pancreatitis. Medical and Surgical Management

Description

Pancreatitis: medical and surgical management provides gastroenterologists and GI surgeons, both fully qualified and in training, with a focused, evidence-based approach to the most exciting developments in the diagnosis and clinical management of pancreatitis.

Focusing mainly on the rapidly changing and innovative medical and surgical strategies to manage the disease, new surgical procedures such as endoscopic biliary intervention and minimally invasive necrosectomy to exciting new medical therapieslike Antiprotease, Lexipafant, probiotics and enzyme treatment are all discussed.

Full colour throughout, with over 250 colour illustrations and with reference to the latest clinical guidelines from the AGA, ACG and UEGW at all times, it is an essential consultation tool for all those managing patients with this increasingly commoncondition.

Contents

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Chapter 1
Epidemiology and genetics of chronic pancreatitis

Chapter 2
A: Pathobiology of the acinar cell in acute pancreatitis
B: Locoregional pathophysiology in acute pancreatitis:  pancreas and intestine
C: Pathophysiology of systemic inflammatory response syndrome and multi-organ dysfunction syndrome in acute pancreatitis

Chapter 3
Diagnosis, prediction and classification

Chapter 4
Medical treatment

Chapter 5
Nutritional treatment in acute pancreatitis

Chapter 6
Gallstone pancreatitis: diagnosis and treatment

Chapter 7
Treatment of local complications

Chapter 8
Treatment of systemic complications and organ failure

Chapter 9
Sequelae of acute pancreatitis

Chapter 10
History of chronic pancreatitis

Chapter 11
A: Epidemiology and pathophysiology: epidemiology and risk factors
B: Epidemiology and pathophysiology: genetic insights into pathogenesis
C: Pancreatic stellate cells: what do they tell us about chronic pancreatitis?
D: Autoimmune pancreatitis: an update
E: Etiology and pathophysiology:  tropical pancreatitis
F: Mechanisms and pathways of pain in chronic pancreatitis

Chapter 12
A: Imaging of chronic pancreatitis
B: Endoscopic ultrasonography in chronic pancreatitis

Chapter 13
A: Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (pert)
B: Nutritional treatment: antioxidant treatment
C: Pancreatogenic diabetes: Etiology, implications, and management
D: Nutrition without a pancreas: how does the gut do it?

Chapter 14
A: Endoscopic management of chronic pancreatitis
B: Shocking and fragmenting pancreatic ductal stones
C: Endoscopic management: celiac plexus blockade

Chapter 15
A: A brief history of modern surgery for chronic pancreatitis 
B: Surgery for chronic pancreatitis: indications and timing of surgery 
C: Chronic pancreatitis: surgical strategy in complicated disease
D: Surgery for chronic pancreatitis:pancreatic duct drainage procedures
E: Surgical management: resection and drainage procedures
F: The role of pancreatoduodenectomy in the management of chronic pancreatitis

Chapter 16
A: Total pancreatectomy and islet cell autotransplantation: patient selection
B: Total pancreatectomy and islet cell autotransplantation: the science of islet cell preservation, from pancreas to liver
C: Total pancreatectomy and islet cell autotransplantation: long-term assessment of graft function

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