Overview
Presents excellent and updated information on chronic pancreatitis
Covers conservative management, interventional/endoscopic management and surgical treatment
Includes typical cases to provide a straightforward overview of this disease
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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About this book
This book is a concise guide to the clinical diagnosis and management of chronic pancreatitis, presenting the latest research into the disease. It focuses on pathogenesis, epidemiology, genetics, diagnosis, endoscopic and surgical treatment, and prognosis. It also offers comprehensive descriptions of 4 diagnostic methods and discusses the contemporary management of chronic pancreatitis, including conservative, ESWL, interventional and surgical treatments. The final chapter includes 6 typical case presentations, which taken together provide a standard description of this condition.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Zhao-Shen Li and Associate Prof. Zhuan Liao are clinicians in Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. Editor Jian-Min Chen is the Director of Research and Claude Férec is Professor of Genetics at the INSERM, Brest, France. Editor Zhao-Shen Li is also the Director of Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chronic Pancreatitis
Book Subtitle: From Basic Research to Clinical Treatment
Editors: Zhao-Shen Li, Zhuan Liao, Jian-Min Chen, Claude Férec
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4515-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. and Shanghai Scientific and Technical Publishers 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-4513-4Published: 15 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5155-6Published: 13 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-4515-8Published: 24 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 207
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gastroenterology