Surgery of the Pancreas and Spleen Handbooks in General Surgery [Paperback]

Surgery of the Pancreas and Spleen provides an illustrative, instructive, and comprehensive review that depicts the rationale of basic operative principles essential to surgical therapy in pancreatic and splenic disorders.The chapters provide pertinent and concise summaries of how to deal with various pancreatic and splenic disorders, spanning benign and malignant problems and minimally invasive procedures. Stages of operative approaches with relevant technical considerations are outlined in an easily understandable manner. Complications are reviewed when appropriate for the organ system and problem. The text is illustrated throughout by line drawings and photographs that depict anatomic or technical principles.A concise, handbook-sized reference work, this book is a valuable resource for all general surgeons and residents in training.

This, the eighth in a ten-volume series on general surgery, covers a primary branch of the science. It summarizes the fundamental principles and, in doing so, equips surgery residents and practitioners with a well designed, comprehensive reference companion.

Part 1: PancreasBenign.- Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis.- Acute Pancreatitis.- Chronic Pancreatitis: From Endotherapy to Surgery.- Pancreas Divisum.- Pancreatic Pseudocysts.- Obstructive Jaundice: Preoperative Evaluation.- Cystic Neoplasms of the Pancreas.- Part 2: PancreasMalignant.- Pancreatic Carcinoma.- Nonfunctioning Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors.- Part 3: SpleenBenign.- Splenectomy.- Cyst and Abscess of the Spleen.- Part 4: SpleenMalignant.- Malignant Diseases of the Spleen.- Advanced Gastric and Pancreatic Laparoscopic Procedures.This book is edited by a team of experts from across the globe.Kirby I. Bland, MD, is based at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, in the USA, where he is the Fay Fletcher Kerner Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, and the Deputy Director at the Comprehensive Cancer Center.Michals”