
Choledocholithiasis
Comprehensive Surgical Management
Editors: Santos, Byron Fernando, Soper, Nathaniel (Eds.)
- Addresses the comprehensive management of patients with choledocholithiasis
- Includes rich visual resources including illustrations, photographs, and links to videos
- Written by experts in the field
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- About this book
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This volume addresses the current lack of knowledge of many general surgeons and trainees in the comprehensive management of patients with choledocholithiasis, with an emphasis on how the surgeon can provide single-stage management for the majority of patients. It begins with a historical perspective on surgical techniques for laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE) and reviews the knowledge and experience gained during the “open” era. Subsequent chapters cover preoperative evaluation, decision-making, and operative management, including intraoperative cholangiography, intraoperative ultrasound, laparoscopic and open common bile duct exploration, laparoscopic placement of biliary stents and other adjuncts, and laparoscopic bilio-enteric bypass. The volume also provides the reader with material on the full spectrum of options including chapters on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and percutaneous approaches to the biliary tree. The chapters on individual procedures emphasize the technical aspects of the procedures, and include rich visual resources to guide the reader (illustrations, photographs, and videos to demonstrate typical cases and also challenging cases), as well as their outcomes and complication management. Finally, there is a discussion of how to identify and overcome logistical and institutional barriers to the adoption of LCBDE, and how simulation may be used to help teach the procedure.
Choledocholithiasis: Comprehensive Surgical Management will be of great value and utility to General Surgeons, Hepatobiliary Surgeons, Surgical Residents and Fellows, Endoscopists, and Interventional Radiologists. - About the authors
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B. Fernando Santos, MDAssistant Professor of SurgeryDepartment of SurgeryDartmouth College, Geisel School of MedicineVeterans Affairs Medical Center, White River Junction, VTWhite River Junction, VT
Nathaniel J. Soper, MDLoyal and Edith Davis Professor and Chair of Surgery
Northwestern Medicine
Surgeon-in-Chief, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
- Reviews
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“This is an excellent book. It is thorough and offers all of the technical information needed to be a surgeon who can manage all aspects of benign biliary disease.” (Peter Nau, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2018)
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Historical Perspective on the Treatment of Choledocholithiasis: Lessons Learned and Techniques Prior to the Laparoscopic Era
Pages 3-28
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Current Understanding of Choledocholithiasis: Clinical Presentation and Preoperative Evaluation
Pages 31-48
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Preoperative Decision-Making Algorithm
Pages 49-65
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Intraoperative Cholangiography
Pages 69-83
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Intraoperative Ultrasound During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: An Alternative to Cholangiography
Pages 85-103
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Choledocholithiasis
- Book Subtitle
- Comprehensive Surgical Management
- Editors
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- Byron Fernando Santos
- Nathaniel Soper
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-74503-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-74503-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-74502-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 283
- Number of Illustrations
- 62 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour
- Topics