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.
| ISBN: | 9789811045134 |
| Publication date: | 15th December 2017 |
| Author: | ZhaoShen Li, Zhuan Liao, JianMin Chen, Claude Férec |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Nature Singapore |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 207 pages |
| Genres: |
Gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery |