CANCERS OF THE PERIAMPULLARY REGION AND PANCREAS Print Section Listen Drs. Gajdos, McCarter, Edil, Paniccia, and Schulick provide an extremely comprehensive chapter on the evaluation and treatment of patients with…
HISTORY AND BACKGROUND Print Section Listen Cholecystectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States, with over 700,000 procedures performed each year.1 Open cholecystectomy, first…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Minimally invasive surgery has revolutionized the way we perform surgery due to the benefits of enhanced recovery, specifically less postoperative pain and fewer wound-related complications. These…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen This is a perspective on biliary diseases to complement the excellent chapters on biliary tract disease in this text. It focuses on areas in my experience…
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INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The term “karzinoide” was first used in 1907 by pathologist Siegfried Oberndorfer to describe small intestinal tumors that resembled carcinomas on histology, but behaved less aggressively…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Tumor is a descriptive term for a growth or mass of cells that are independent of the physiologic function or demand of their surrounding structures. The…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Billroth and Czerny described the first esophageal resections in the 1870s, and these consisted of resections of the cervical esophagus without reconstruction. Later, resection of gastroesophageal…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Intestinal failure (IF), including surgical short bowel syndrome (SBS), is a life-threatening condition that is associated with several major medical complications as well as limitations in…
