§16§This book is part of a series covering surgical specialties. The volumes are multi-authored, containing brief chapters, each of which are devoted to one or two specific questions or decisions within that specialty that are difficult or controversial. The volumes are intended as a current and timely reference source for practicing surgeons, surgeons in training, and educators that describe the recommended ideal approach, rather than customary care, in selected clinical situations. §16§This book is part of a series covering surgical specialties. The volumes are multi-authored, containing brief chapters, each of which are devoted to one or two specific questions or decisions within that specialty that are difficult or controversial. The volumes are intended as a current and timely reference source for practicing surgeons, surgeons in training, and educators that describe the recommended ideal approach, rather than customary care, in selected clinical situations. §13§§"This book collects, in 58 chapters, expert opinion and best evidence from the current literature on a series of difficult and controversial topics in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery. ... The intended audience is the multidisciplinary group of professionals who care for hepatobiliary and pancreatic patients. ... This is a great reference for those in practice and an outstanding resource for those in training. ... It will be valuable to subspecialists and trainees in the field." (Kent C. Choi, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2016)§ §04§ictures secondary to Chronic Pancreatitis?§§Chapter 27: Routine or Selective Cholangiography for Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy?§§Chapter 28: When is bile duct resection indicated for biliary strictures in primary sclerosing cholangitis?§§Chapter 29: Assessment of Bile Duct Tumors: Endoscopic vs Radiographic§§Chapter 30: Management of Significant Hemobilia: Hepatic Artery Embolization or Stenting?§§Chapter 31: The assessment of ductal margin in curative-intent surgery for perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma§§Chapter 32: Management of early post-transplant portal vein thrombosis: results of interventional techniques versus surgical§§Chapter 33: When should patients with bleeding esophageal varices undergo TIPS versus endoscopic therapy?§§Chapter 34: Management of symptomatic portal hypertension: TIPS vs. medical management§§Chapter 35: Should all hepatic arteriovenous fistulas be embolized?§§Chapter 36: Early or Delayed Cholecystectomy in Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis§§Chapter 37: N §04§utritional Support in Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis§§Chapter 38: Management of Symptomatic Pancreatic Pseudocyst§§Chapter 39: Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis§§Chapter 40: Endoscopic or Minimally Invasive Debridement of Walled-off Pancreatic Necrosis?§§Chapter 41: Surgical Debridement in Necrotizing Pancreatitis§§Chapter 42: Surgery or Endotherapy for Large Duct Chronic Pancreatitis§§Chapter 43: Pancreatic Head Resection for Painful Chronic Pancreatitis§§Chapter 44: Is total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation indicated in hereditary/genetic pancreatitis?§§Chapter 45: Management of Blunt Pancreatic Trauma in Children§§Chapter 46: Surgery or Surveillance for Asymptomatic Small Mucinous Pancreatic Head Cyst§§Chapter 47: Management of Asymptomatic IPMN in the Elderly§§Chapter 48: Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pancreatic Head Cancer§§Chapter 49: Advanced Pancreatic Cancer D
