This book should be of interest to general surgeons, surgeons at all levels involved in the management of cancer of the liver, spleen, biliary tract and pancreas.
Part One: Liver. Hepatic resection; Hydatid cysts of the liver; Liver
transplantation. Part Two: Portal hypertension. Bleeding oesophageal varices
- a plan of management; Sclerosant injection of oesophageal varices;
Percutaneous transhepatic embolization of gastro-oesophageal varices;
Transabdominal oesophageal transection; Portal hypertension: portacaval
anastomosis; Portal hypertension: distal splenorenal (Warren) shunt; Portal
hypertension: splenorenal shunt; Portal hypertension: interposition mesocaval
shunt and Clatworthy shunt. Part Three: Ascites. Peritoneovenous shunting for
ascites. Part Four: Spleen. Splenectomy, partial splenectomy, staging
laparotomy. Part Five: Biliary tract. Preoperative diagnostic assessment of
patients with biliary tract disease; Cholecystectomy, cholecystostomy and
exploration of the common duct; Operative choledochography; Operative
choledochoscopy; Abdominal intraoperative B-mode ultrasound scanning;
Transduodenal exploration of the bile duct (biliary sphincterotomy);
Non-operative removal of gallstones; Duodenoscopic sphincterotomy;
Non-surgical biliary drainage; Palliative operations for jaundice due to
malignant disease; Choledochoduodenostomy; Benign biliary stricture;
Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis (recurrent acute cholangiohepatitis);
Malignant biliary stricture. Part Six: Pancreas. Pancreaticojejunostomy;
Pancreatoduodenectomy; Distal pancreatectomy; Total pancreatectomy;
Pancreatic pseudocysts.
