Comtributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
VOLUME I
SECTION1: ANATOMY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
1.Surgical and radiologic anatomy of the liver and biliart tract
2.Assessment of liver function in the surgical patient
3.Liver hyperplasia,bypertophy and atrophy and the molecular basis of liver regeneration
4.Liver blood flow:physiology,measurement and clinical relevance
5.Bile secretion
6.The function of the biliary tract and factors in the production of biliary pain
7.Biliary tract obstruction-pathophysiology
8.Infections in hepatic,biliary and pancreatic surgery
9.Endotoxin and cytokines in liver and biliary tract disease
10.Molecular and genetic determinants of hepatobiliary and pancreatic neoplasia
11.Hemostasis in hepatic biliary disorders
SECTION:2 DLAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
12.Clinical examination and investigation
13.Ultrasonud of the liver and biliary tract
14.The role of nuclear medicine in the diagnosis and management of hepatobiliary diseases
15.Computed tomography of the liver and biliary tract
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SECTION:3 PRE-AND POSTOPERATIVE CARE AND ANESTHESIA
SECTION:4 INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY AND ENDOSCOPIC TECHNIQUES.BILIARY BYPASS AND INTUBATION
SECTION:5 CALLSTONES AND CALLBLADDERS
SECTION:6 BILARY STRICTURE AND FISTULA
SECTION:7 BILLARY TUMORS
VOLUME II
Index