Pierre-Alain Clavien: Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts: Diagnosis & Treatment
May 2001; 37.500 Ptas./225,38 Euros; 384 Pages, 220 Illustrations, Hardback

This book is unique in that the lead editor, Professor Okuda, is one of the world's best known hepatologists and his expertise is combined with that of some top radiologists. The result is a book that uses radiology to explore the pathophysiology of diagnosis of liver diseases. The book covers the full range of hepatobiliary disorders in a systematic fashion. While the focus is on imaging and the information that can be gleaned from it, epidemiology, aetiology, clinical features, treatment and prognosis are also discussed, allowing the reader to consider each disease in context. The main market for this book includes hepatogastroenterologists, and trainees in gastroenterology and hepatology. However it will also be useful for trainee radiologists who want to correlate their understanding of radiology with disease processes.
 

Table of Contents Section One: Anatomy, Pathophysiology and Imaging of the Biliary System Chapter 1: Anatomy and physiology of the biliary tree and gallbladder James Toouli and Bilal Al-Jiffry Chapter 2: Pathology of the intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts and gallbladder Mary K. Washington Chapter 3: Non-invasive imaging of the gallbladder and bile ducts Kenneth A. Wong and Rendon C. Nelson Chapter 4: Percutaneous imaging of the biliary tree and gallbladder Paul V. Suhocki Section Two: Therapeutic Approaches and Techniques of the Biliary Tree and Gallbladder Chapter 5: Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the biliary tree and gallbladder Kevin McGrath and John Baillie Chapter 6: Percutaneous treatment for diseases of the biliary tree and gallbladder Paul V. Suhocki Chapter 7: Radiation therapy for disease of the biliary tree and gallbladder Mitchell Anscher, Rachel H. Chou, and Catherine G. Lee Chapter 8: Surgery of the biliary system Pierre-Alain Clavien and Markus Selzner Chapter 9: Laparoscopic treatment for disease of the biliary tree and gallbladder Steve Eubanks and Alejandro Gandsas Chapter 10: Medical and innovative therapies for biliary malignancies Michael Morse Section Three: Specific Conditions 3.1 Gallbladder Chapter 11: Natural history and pathogenesis of gallstones Klaus Mergener and Henning Gerke Chapter 12: Acute and chronic cholecystitis Theodore N. Pappas and Lisa Clark Chapter 13: Biliary fistula, gallstone ileus, and the Mirizzi Syndrome Hannes Rudiger and Pierre-Alain Clavien Chapter 14: Benign and malignant gallbladder tumors Jean-Nicolas Vauthey, Malcolm M. Bilimoria, and Christopher H. Crane 3.2 The intra and extrahepatic bile ducts Chapter 15: Acute Cholangitis Joseph Leung and Andy Yu Chapter 16: Cystic diseases of the biliary system Robert J. Porte and Pierre-Alain Clavien Chapter 17: Laparoscopic biliary injuries Steven Strasberg Chapter 18: Biliary complications of liver transplantation C. Wright Pinson and Paul E. Wise Chapter 19: Primary sclerosing cholangitis Robert Enns Chapter 20: Cholangiocarcinoma Markus Selzner and Pierre-Alain Clavien 3.3 Disease of the small bile ducts Chapter 21: Primary biliary cirrhosis and other disease of the small bile ducts Jenny Heathcote Chapter 22: Intrahepatic cholestasis Neil Kaplowitz and Andrew Stolz Chapter 23: Biliary diseases in infants and children William R. Treem and Michael A. Skinner