Basics of Hepatobiliary Interventions

Section I: Non vascular procedures.- Percutaneous FNA/Biopsy.- Transjugular biopsies.- Drainage procedures.- Percutaneous biliary procedures.- Section II: Vascular procedures.- Drainage procedures.- Management of vascular complications.- IR management in liver trauma.- IR management of hemobilia.- IR management of BCS.- IR management of non-malignant portal vein thrombosis.- Pre-operative interventions - portal vein embolization.- Ablative therapies for liver and biliary tumors.- Transarterial therapies for liver tumors.- Interventions for portal hypertension: TIPS.- Interventions for portal hypertension: BRTO/PARTO.- Interventions for portal hypertension: splenic artery embolization.- Interventions in post-liver transplant settings: vascular complication management.- Interventions in post-liver transplant settings: biliary complication management.

This book covers interventional treatments (minimally invasive therapies) for the management of various hepato-biliary disorders and the complications arising due to liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Given that interventional radiology and hepato-biliary interventions are comparatively new, very little literature is available on them. This book addresses that gap and offers practitioners and trainees a guide to the management of various hepato-biliary disorders requiring radiological interventions.

The content addresses both non-vascular and vascular procedures. The respective chapters cover various procedures, such as image guided diagnostic tissue sampling (FNA and biopsies), guided liver abscess and biliary drainage procedures, liver tumor ablation, intra-arterial and intravenous techniques for the management of vascular diseases of the liver and portal hypertension, variceal bleeds and tumor management. Last but not the least, detailed chapters on interventions for post liver transplant complications are also included.

The book is chiefly intended for practicing interventional radiologists, as well as fellows and trainees in interventional radiology courses.

Amar Mukund, MBBS, MD completed his postgraduate certification in radiodiagnosis and later trained at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. He has been instrumental in establishing the interventional radiology wing at ILBS and pioneered hepatobiliary interventions. He has established the fellowship program (PDCC in HPB interventional radiology) at ILBS in 2012 and is the program director for thesame. He has many peer-reviewed and indexed publications to his credit. Dr Mukund is an associate editor for the Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging (IJRI) and has been an editorial board member/reviewer for many other journals. He has been a recipient of various prestigious awards and honors, e.g., the Young Investigator Award (ISVIR), Dr V P Lakhanpal Gold Medal, Dr Ashok Mukherjee Award, and Onco-imaging Innovation Award.