Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – Functional Anatomy of Intrahepatic Biliary System (Clinical and Experimental Data) (pp. 1-88)
Dimitri Kordzaia, Ilia Chanukvadze and Mikheil Jangavadze (Ivane Javakhisvhili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia)

Chapter 2 – Anatomy of the Extrahepatic Biliary Tract: Variations of the Bile Ducts and Arterial Blood Supply (pp. 89-110)
Beata Jabłońska (Department of Digestive Tract Surgery, University Hospital of the Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland)

Chapter 3 – Assessment of the Biliary Duct: Advancement of Imaging Modalities (pp. 111-124)
Reiji Sugita (Department of Radiology, Sendai City Medical Center, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan)

Chapter 4 – The Spectrum of Injuries and Their Classification (pp. 125-130)
Miguel Ángel Mercado, MD, Daniel Zamora, MD, Alan Contreras, MD, Marco A. Tapia, MD, Santiago Mier-y-Teran, MD, and Bruno A. González-Nolasco, MD (National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition of Mexico “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico)

Chapter 5 – Therapeutic Alternatives (pp. 131-142)
Miguel Ángel Mercado, MD, Mario Vilatoba, MD Daniel Zamora, MD, Ismael Domínguez, MD, Santiago Mier-y-Teran, MD, and Bruno A. González-Nolasco, MD (Department of Surgery, National Institute of Medical Sciences and
Nutrition “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico)

Chapter 6 – Reconstruction Techniques (pp. 143-154)
Miguel Ángel Mercado, MD, Mario Vilatoba, MD, Fernando Ramírez del Val, MD, Daniel Zamora, MD, Santiago Mier-y-Teran, MD, and Bruno A. González-Nolasco, MD (Department of Surgery, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico)

Chapter 7 – Perioperative Complications of Hepatoduodenostomy and Choledoco-Choledocal Anastomosis in Bile Duct Injuries (pp. 155-164)
Miguel Ángel Mercado, MD, Alan Contreras, MD, Lizeth Luna, MD, Mariana Morales, MD, Leticia Carrete, MD, Santiago Mier-y-Teran, MD, and Bruno A. González-Nolasco, MD (Department of Surgery, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico)

Chapter 8 – Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injury: Surgical Rescue of Endoscopic Treatment Failures (pp. 165-174)
Miguel Ángel Mercado, MD, Lizeth Luna, MD, Daniel Zamora, MD, Ismael Domínguez, MD, Julio Alfaro, MD, Erick Misael-Saucedo, MD, Santiago Mier-y-Teran, MD, and Bruno A. González-Nolasco, MD (Department of Surgery, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico)

Chapter 9 – Bile Duct Injury in the Elderly: A Single Center 20 Year Experience in Reconstruction (pp. 175-192)
Miguel Ángel Mercado, MD, Alan Contreras, MD, Julio Alfaro Varela, MD, Ana Leticia Carrete, MD, Gerardo Tena, MD, Santiago Mier-y-Teran, MD, and Bruno A. González-Nolasco, MD (Department of Surgery, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico)

Chapter 10 – Vasculobiliary Injuries Associated to Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (pp. 193-200)
Miguel Ángel Mercado, MD, Bernardo Franssen, MD, Alejandro Elnecavé, MD, Santiago Mier-y-Teran, MD, Christopher Kauffman, MD, and Bruno A. González-Nolasco, MD (Department of Surgery, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition “Salvador Zubiran”, Mexico)

Chapter 11 – Avoidance, Prevention and Recognition of Bile Duct Injury (pp. 201-222)
Adnan Alseidi, Farzad Alemi and W. Scott Helton (Virginia Mason Medical Center, Department of General, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, WA, US)

Chapter 12 – Ampullary Tumors and Tumor Like Lesions: Histological Classification, Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment (pp. 223-252)
Wenqing Cao MD, Kate L. Forssell MD, Dylan R. Nieman MD, PhD, Danielle Marino MD and Jiangzhou Yu MD, PhD (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY)

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