Changing Patterns of Surgery of the Gallbladder, Bile Ducts, and Liver

Abstract

Beginning with a discussion of gallstones, the authors cover medical versus surgical therapy, safety factors in cholecystectomy, benign biliary tract strictures, carcinoma of the gallbladder, carcinoma of the bile ducts, sclerosing cholangitis, hepatoma, benign cystic diseases of the liver and bile ducts, and hepatic metastases.