Chronic Pancreatitis

From Basic Research to Clinical Treatment

Zhao-Shen Li, Zhuan Liao, Jian-Min Chen, Claude Férec (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

207 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-13-5155-6 (ISBN)

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This book is a concise guide to the clinical diagnosis and management of chronic pancreatitis, presenting the latest research into the disease. It also offers comprehensive descriptions of 4 diagnostic methods and discusses the contemporary management of chronic pancreatitis, including conservative, ESWL, interventional and surgical treatments.

This book is a concise guide to the clinical diagnosis and management of chronic pancreatitis, presenting the latest research into the disease. It focuses on pathogenesis, epidemiology, genetics, diagnosis, endoscopic and surgical treatment, and prognosis. It also offers comprehensive descriptions of 4 diagnostic methods and discusses the contemporary management of chronic pancreatitis, including conservative, ESWL, interventional and surgical treatments. The final chapter includes 6 typical case presentations, which taken together provide a standard description of this condition.

Prof. Zhao-Shen Li and Associate Prof. Zhuan Liao are clinicians in Changhai Hospital, the Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. Editor Jian-Min Chen is the Director of Research and Claude Férec is Professor of Genetics at the INSERM, Brest, France. Editor Zhao-Shen Li is also the Director of Chinese Society of Digestive Endoscopy.

The history of chronic pancreatitis research.- Definition and classification of chronic pancreatitis.- The epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis.- The etiology of chronic pancreatitis.- The histopathology of chronic pancreatitis.- The pathogenesis of chronic pancreatitis.- The genetics of chronic pancreatitis.- Interventional/endoscopic management .- Surgical treatment.- Special types of chronic pancreatitis.- Chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.- The future developments of chronic pancreatitis research.- Case presentations.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	24 Illustrations, color; 37 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 207 p. 61 illus., 24 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Viszeralchirurgie
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Gastroenterologie
ISBN-10	981-13-5155-4 / 9811351554
ISBN-13	978-981-13-5155-6 / 9789811351556
Zustand	Neuware