Liver and Biliary Tract Surgery Embryological Anatomy to 3D-Imaging and Transplant Innovations

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Embryological and Surgical Anatomy of the Intrahepatic and Extrahepatic Biliary Tree....Pages 3-16
Surgical Anatomy of the Liver....Pages 17-33
Anatomical Variations and Anomalies of the Biliary Tree, Veins and Arteries....Pages 35-48
Ultrasonographical Anatomy for the Surgeon. The Value of Intra-Operative Ultrasonography....Pages 49-60
Elements of the Biliary Tract and Liver Physiology....Pages 61-67
Conventional Imaging Studies of the Biliary Tract....Pages 69-85
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography....Pages 87-109
Endoscopic Ultrasonography on Gallbladder and Biliary Tract....Pages 111-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Hepatobiliary Disease and Anaesthesia....Pages 121-133
Congenital Malformations in the Extrahepatic Biliary Tree in Children Biliary Atresia....Pages 135-141
Choledochal Cysts of the Biliary Tree in Children....Pages 143-147
Gallstone Disease....Pages 149-167
Complications in the Performance of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. What Can Co Wrong? How do Complications Have to Be Managed?....Pages 169-178
Iatrocenic Injury of the Extrahepatic Bile Ducts. Surgical Reconstruction....Pages 179-191
Principles of the Surgical Management of the Common Bile Duct Stones....Pages 193-218
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration....Pages 219-225
Endoscopic Management of Common Bile Duct Stones....Pages 227-237
Current Chances in Biliary Reoperations for Benign Lesions....Pages 239-242
Other Benign Biliary Diseases and Lesions....Pages 243-252
Cholangitis....Pages 253-266
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Operations of the Biliary Tract. Technical Aspects....Pages 297-313
Callbladder Carcinoma....Pages 267-278
Bile Duct Cancer....Pages 279-288
Endoscopic Palliative Management of the Malignancies of the Biliary Tract....Pages 289-296
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Imaging Studies of the Liver....Pages 317-331
Three Dimensional (3D) Computed Tomography Images Reconstruction in Liver Surgery....Pages 333-338
Preoperative Assessment of Liver Function....Pages 339-356
Indications for Liver Resection....Pages 357-362
Liver Resection and Stapling Devices — Laparoscopic Resection....Pages 363-366
Liver Resection Assisted with the Radiofrequency Technique....Pages 367-372
Liver Resection for Cholangiocarcinoma....Pages 373-379
Portal Vein Embolisation....Pages 381-396
Hepatic Chemoembolization....Pages 397-407
Stem Cell Therapy in Liver Disease....Pages 433-439
Liver Gene Therapy: Will Gene Therapy Deliver to the Liver Patient?....Pages 441-449
Liver Trauma....Pages 451-470
Selective Internal Radiation therapy....Pages 409-418
The Use of Sirtex in Inoperable Liver Tumours. A Surgeon’s View....Pages 419-420
Basics of Radiofrequency Tissue Ablation....Pages 421-422
Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Colorectal Metastases....Pages 423-432
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Hydatid Cyst of the Liver....Pages 471-485
Hepatic Abscess....Pages 487-505
Benign Liver Tumours....Pages 507-513
Non-Parasitic Diseases of the Liver and Intrahepatic Biliary Tree....Pages 515-526
Front Matter....Pages 527-527
Operative Data....Pages 537-545
Living Donor Liver Transplantation....Pages 547-558
Intensive Care Unit Management....Pages 559-560
Outcome of Liver Transplantation in Special Categories of Patiens....Pages 577-578
Computer Assisted Surgery Planning (CASP) in Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation (ALDLT)....Pages 579-625
Conclusion....Pages 627-627
Liver Transplantation....Pages 529-530
Indications for Liver Transplantation....Pages 531-533
Patient Evaluation....Pages 534-534
Pre-Transplantation MAnagement Issue....Pages 534-536
Perioperative Complications....Pages 561-561
Long-Term Complications After Liver Transplalntation....Pages 562-567
Recurrent Diseases after Liver Transplantation....Pages 568-575
Back Matter....Pages 629-638