Echinococcal Cyst—Open Approach Miroslav Milicevic The Liver Echinococcal Cyst Definition, Short History, Epidemiology, Significance, and the Surgical Problem Echinococcosis (echinococcal cyst [EC], hydatidosis, hydatid disease) is a cyclozoonosis caused by…
Echinococcal Cysts: Laparoscopic Approach Eduardo De Santibañes Rodrigo Sanchez Clariá Introduction Hydatid disease is a zoonotic infection caused by adult or larval stages of the cestode Echinococcus granulosus. Hydatid disease…
Drainage of Hepatic, Subphrenic, and Subhepatic Abscesses J. Wesley Alexander Abscesses in the upper abdomen have played an important role in the morbidity and mortality of surgical patients throughout recorded…
Diagnostic Considerations in Biliary and Liver Disease Yuman Fong Kimberly Moore Dalal The workup and treatment of biliary and hepatic conditions have undergone major improvements in the last decade. Improvements…
Surgical Anatomy of the Liver and Bile Ducts Chung Mau Lo Kelvin K. Ng The Liver and Biliary Tract Introduction The liver is the largest internal organ in the body…
Laparoscopic Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch Alfons Pomp Gregory Dakin Introduction Bariatric surgery is considered the most effective treatment for morbid obesity. Most of the operations currently performed, such as…
Total Gastrectomy for Carcinoma Murray F. Brennan Complete operative resection remains the only potentially curative modality for gastric adenocarcinoma. The results of resection for early gastric cancer are excellent. The…
Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve for Morbid Obesity Raul J. Rosenthal Samuel Szomstein Introduction In patients with morbid obesity, surgery is the most effective treatment for weight loss and improvement in some…
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Philip R. Schauer Stacy A. Brethauer Introduction The field of bariatric surgery continues to grow at a rapid pace. Worldwide, over 350,000 bariatric procedures are performed yearly…
Vertical Banded Gastroplasty Revision Eric J. DeMaria James W. Maher Introduction Although vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) remains one of the two procedures recognized by the National Institutes of Health as…
