Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts: Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd Edition

1. Anatomy and physiology of the biliary tree and gallbladder.

2. Pathology of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts and gallbladder.

3. Epidemiology of diseases of the bile ducts and gallbladder.

Section 2. Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for the biliary tree and gallbladder.

4. Noninvasive imaging of the biliary system.

5. Endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the biliary tree and gallbladder.

6. Percutaneous biliary imaging and intervention.

7. Radiation therapy for disease of the biliary tree and gallbladder.

8. Surgery of the biliary system.

9. Laparoscopic treatment for diseases of the gallbladder and biliary tree.

10. Laparoscopic biliary injuries.

11. Medical and innovative therapies for biliary malignancies.

Section 3. Specific conditions.

Section 3.1. The gallbladder.

12. Natural history and pathogenesis of gallstones.

13. Acute and chronic cholecystitis.

14. Biliary fi stula, gallstone ileus, and Mirizzi’s syndrome.

15. Benign and malignant gallbladder tumors.

Section 3.2. The intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts.

16. Acute cholangitis.

17. Cystic diseases of the biliary system.

18. Biliary complications of liver transplantation.

19. Primary sclerosing cholangitis.

20. Cholangiocarcinoma.

21. Primary biliary cirrhosis.

Section 3.3. Intrahepatic cholestasis.

22. Intrahepatic cholestasis.

Section 3.4. Pediatric population.

23. Biliary disease in infants and children.

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