Difficult Decisions in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. an Evidence-Based Approach

Description

This book is part of a series covering surgical specialties.  The volumes are multi-authored, containing brief chapters, each of which are devoted to one or two specific questions or decisions within that specialty that are difficult or controversial.  The volumes are intended as a current and timely reference source for practicing surgeons, surgeons in training, and educators that describe the recommended ideal approach, rather than customary care, in selected clinical situations.

Feature 

• The book is written by recognized experts in the field, lending credibility to the stated conclusions
• Use of a PICO table (Population, Intervention, Comparator and Outcome) and recommendation boxes will allow the reader to easily identify useful clinical guidelines
• The book has focused topics which are concisely analysed by the authors

Contents

Chapter 1: Finding and appraising the evidence:EBM and GRADE 

Chapter 2: Is Surgery Indicated for Asymptomatic Giant Hepatic Hemangioma? 

Chapter 3: What is the Best Surgical Method of Addressing Hepatic Hemangiomas? 

Chapter 4: Which Diagnostic Modality is Best to Assess Benign Hepatic Tumors? 

Chapter 5: Cystic Diseases of the Liver 

Chapter 6: When Should You Operate on Major Hepatic Trauma?  

Chapter 7: Surgical Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Resection versus Transplantation

Chapter 8: Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma  

Chapter 9: What is the Best Way to Screen Cirrhotic Patients for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States? 

Chapter 10: When
is Laparoscopic Liver Resection Preferred Over Open Resection? 

Chapter 11: Clinical Management of Pyogenic Liver Abscesses  

Chapter 12: Which is better local therapy for HCC, RFA or TACE? 

Chapter 13: When should patients with liver metastases from colorectal cancer receive chemotherapy?  

Chapter 14: What is the best way to assess hepatic reserve prior to liver resection in the cirrhotic patient? 

Chapter 15: Treatment Protocols for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma (≤ 3cm): RFA or Resection? 

Chapter 16: Which is the Better Predictor of Hepatic Reserve Prior to Liver Resection:  MELD or the Child-Pugh Score? 

Chapter 17: Early 24 hr or Delayed Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis? 

Chapter 18: Primary Closure or T-tube Drainage after Open or Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration? 

Chapter 19: Single-Incision or Multiport Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy 

Chapter 20: Management of Recurrent Cholangitis 

Chapter 21: Management of postoperative bile duct stricture  

Chapter 22: Immediate or Delayed Repair for Bile Duct Injury Recognized Postoperatively? 

Chapter 23: Management of Suspected Choledocholithiasis on Intraoperative Cholangiography 

Chapter 24: Management of Incidentally Discovered Gallbladder Cancer 

Chapter 25: Gallstone Ileus 

Chapter 26: Surgery or Endoscopy for Bile Duct Strictures secondary to Chronic Pancreatitis?

Chapter 27: Routine or Selective Cholangiography for Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy?   

Chapter 28: When is bile duct resection indicated for biliary strictures in primary sclerosing cholangitis? 

Chapter 29: Assessment of Bile Duct Tumors: Endoscopic vs Radiographic 

Chapter 30: Management of Significant Hemobilia: Hepatic Artery Embolization or Stenting? 

Chapter 31: The assessment of ductal margin in curative-intent surgery for perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma 

Chapter 32: Management of early post-transplant portal vein thrombosis: results of interventional techniques versus surgical

Chapter 33: When should patients with bleeding esophageal varices undergo TIPS versus endoscopic therapy? 

Chapter 34: Management of symptomatic portal hypertension: TIPS vs. medical management  

Chapter 35: Should all hepatic arteriovenous fistulas be embolized? 

Chapter 36: Early or Delayed Cholecystectomy in Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis

Chapter 37: Nutritional Support in Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis 

Chapter 38: Management of Symptomatic Pancreatic Pseudocyst  

Chapter 39: Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Chapter 40: Endoscopic or Minimally Invasive Debridement of Walled-off Pancreatic Necrosis? 

Chapter 41: Surgical Debridement in Necrotizing Pancreatitis 

Chapter 42: Surgery or Endotherapy for Large Duct Chronic Pancreatitis

Chapter 43: Pancreatic Head Resection for Painful Chronic Pancreatitis 

Chapter 44: Is total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation indicated in hereditary/genetic pancreatitis? 

Chapter 45:  Management of Blunt Pancreatic Trauma in Children 

Chapter 46: Surgery or Surveillance for Asymptomatic Small Mucinous Pancreatic Head Cyst 

Chapter 47: Management of Asymptomatic IPMN in the Elderly 

Chapter 48: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pancreatic Head Cancer 

Chapter 49: Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Discovered at Operation: The Role of Palliative Bypass 

Chapter 50: Neoadjuvant Therapy for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Head Cancer 

Chapter 51: Neoadjuvant Therapy for Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma 

Chapter 52: Management of borderline resectable pancreatic cancer 

Chapter 53: Peritoneal Drain Placement at Pancreatoduodenectomy

Chapter 54: Management of Villous Adenoma of the Ampulla of Vater

Chapter 55: Splenic Preservation at Distal Pancreatectomy 

Chapter 56: Management of Small Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors 

Chapter 57: Management of Pancreatic Gastrinoma 

Chapter 58: Management of Pancreatic Cancer in the Elderly