Modern Management of Benign and Malignant Pancreatic Disease, An Issue of Gastroenterology Clinics

Jacques Van Dam (Author)

9781455738632, Elsevier Health Sciences

Hardback, published 17 March 2012

960 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 4.6 cm, 0.64 kg

Dr. Van Dam is an internationally recognized leader in gastroenterology and has been a leader in advances in intervedntional endoscopy. He brings this expertise to the topic of management of benign and malignant pancreatic disease and has selected top experts in the field to provide state-of-the-art clinical information to gastroenterologists. The modern management treatise of each article addresses current diagnostics as well as medical management. Seven articles are devoted to pancreatic cancer and span medical management, surgial mangament, radiologic imaging, endoscopic diagnosis, palliation, and screening. Other important topics addressed are pancreatic transplantation, pancreatic cystic neoplasms, acute and chronic pancreatitis, and autoimmune pancreatitis.

Subject Areas: Orthopaedics & fractures [MNS], Gastrointestinal & colorectal surgery [MNG], Gastroenterology [MJH]