Pancreatic Cystoenterostomy: Technique and Rationale for Pseudocyst Treatment L. William Traverso Clancy J. Clark Introduction Management of cystic lesions of the pancreas requires careful, directed diagnostic evaluation utilizing a multidisciplinary…
Surgical Anatomy of the Pancreas David A. Kooby Marios Loukas Lee J. Skandalakis David A. McClusky III Petros Mirilas Introduction The pancreas is a bland-appearing yellowish organ situated in the…
Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Chronic Pancreatitis Keith D. Lillemoe Chad G. Ball Indications for Operative Intervention Achieving effective treatment for patients with chronic pancreatitis is one of the most difficult challenges in…
Roux-En-Y Lateral Pancreaticojejunostomy for Chronic Pancreatitis Charles J. Yeo Eugene P. Kennedy Chronic pancreatitis is a single term applied to a complex spectrum of disease. The essence of this disease…
Special Comment: the Unfinished Legacy of Liver Transplantation Thomas E. Starzl Noriko Murase Legacy: Something immaterial, as a style or philosophy, that is passed from one generation to another. Anything…
Liver Transplantation Ronald W. Busuttil Henrik Petrowsky Indications for Liver Transplantation Liver transplantation is indicated in patients with life-threatening acute liver failure or irreversible end-stage liver disease (ESLD), which can…
Cholecystojejunostomy and Choledocho/Hepaticojejunostomy Herbert R. Freund Cholecystojejunostomy Favorable data have been published in recent years concerning curative surgery of periampullary carcinoma. The operative mortality of pancreatoduodenectomy ranges below 3% to…
Operative Treatment for Choledochal Cysts Atsuyuki Yamataka Yoshifumi Kato Introduction Choledochal cyst (CC), or dilatation of the common bile duct (CBD), was first reported by Douglas in 1852. The condition…
Biliary Atresia—Hepatoportoenterostomy Frederick C. Ryckman Gregory M. Tiao Biliary atresia is a serious and potentially fatal liver disease affecting infants. The progressive, sclerosing obliteration of the extrahepatic biliary tree, coupled…
High Malignant Biliary Tract Obstruction Eduardo De Santibañes Victoria Ardiles Hilar cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an uncommon gastrointestinal malignancy that has a bleak prognosis. Although similar tumors had been described 1957…
