Research Catalog

Title

Advances in hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases : special clinical topics : proceedings of the Falk Symposium no. 83, held in Bolzano, Italy, April 7-8, 1995 / edited by G. Dobrilla, M. Felder, and G. de Pretis.

Author

Falk Symposium (83rd : 1995 : Bolzano, Italy)

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

• De Pretis, G.
• Dobrilla, Giorgio.
• Felder, M.

Description

xi, 262 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

• The final section describes recent progress in the field of the pathogenesis of therapy of acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis and cancer of the pancreas. The book is an essential update for all clinicians in hepatology and gastroenterology.
• The first section deals with the rational clinical and laboratory approach to liver disease patients and mainly with the therapeutic aspects of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, liver cancer and portal hypertension. The second section is devoted to bile duct treatment with overviews of the non-surgical treatment of gallstones, the endoscopic therapy of biliary stenosis and the role of the sphincter of Oddi in biliopancreatic disease.
• This volume, the proceedings of the Falk Symposium No. 83 in Bolzano, Italy, April 1995, which brought together a panel of international experts, deals with special clinical topics concerning the liver, bile ducts and pancreas.

Series Statement

Falk symposium ; v. 83

Uniform Title

Falk symposium (Series) ; 83.

Subjects

• Pancreatitis > therapy
• Congress
• Pancreatic Neoplasms
• Liver Diseases
• Pancreas > Diseases > Congresses
• Liver > Diseases > Congresses
• Biliary tract > Diseases > Congresses
• Biliary Tract Diseases

Genre/Form

Congress.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. The diagnostic approach to chronic hepatitis / M. Rizzetto, G. Lanfranco, R. Pagni and G. Verme -- 2. Chronic liver disease: current and future therapies / H. E. Blum, S. Offensperger, W.-B. Offensperger, E. Walter, F. v. Weizsacker and S. Wieland -- 3. Intrahepatic cholestasis: general aspects and mechanisms / G. Dobrilla, M. Felder, G. de Pretis, L. Zancanella, S. Benvenuti and F. Di Fede -- 4. Approach to the pharmaceutical therapy of intrahepatic cholestasis / U. Leuschner and S. Guldutuna -- 5. Treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis with ursodeoxycholic acid / A. Stiehl -- 6. Liver fibrosis: from pathogenesis to treatment / C. S. Lieber -- 7. Natural history of cirrhosis: predictors of death risk; overview of published studies and validation in a new test set / L. Pagliaro, L. Pasta, G. D'Amico, A. Pulco, F. Politi and G. Vizzini -- 8. Non-surgical treatment for portal hypertension / A. K. Burroughs and D. Patch --
• 9. Pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of portal hypertensive gastropathy / R. de Franchis, L. Carpinelli and M. Primignani -- 10. Primary neoplasms of the liver and surgical perspectives / L. Gennari, R. Doci and A. Rubino -- 11. Liver transplantation: indication, problems and follow-up / R. Margreiter -- 12. Natural history of gallstone disease / E. Roda, A. Sangermano, A. Colecchia, S. Sottili, M. Orsini and D. Festi -- 13. Cholelithiasis: bile acid therapy in the 1990s / M. Podda, M. Zuin, M. L. Petroni and A. Mevoli -- 14. Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy for gallbladder and bile duct stones / M. Felder, G. de Pretis, S. Amplatz, F. Chilovi, L. Piazzi and G. Dobrilla -- 15. Endoscopic management of postoperative bile duct injuries / Kwan Chi Pong and K. Huibregtse -- 16. Biliopancreatic disorders in sphincter of Oddi dysfunction / E. Corazziari -- 17. Epidemiology and pathogenesis of acute biliary pancreatitis / P. Malfertheiner and J. E. Dominguez-Munoz --
• 18. Endoscopy in the treatment of biliary acute pancreatitis / O. A. Ogunbiyi and J. P. Neoptolemos -- 19. Pancreas divisum and pancreatitis / J. Sahel and M. Barthet -- 20. Therapy of acute pancreatitis / L. Frulloni, P. Bovo, V. Di Francesco and G. Cavallini -- 21. Natural history of chronic pancreatitis / I. Vantini, S. Caliari, G. Talamini, A. Fioretta, L. Benini, G. Cavallini and P. Pederzoli -- 22. Treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency secondary to chronic pancreatitis / E. P. DiMagno -- 23. Endoscopic treatment of chronic pancreatitis / G. Costamagna -- 24. Surgery for chronic pancreatitis: overview of surgical outcome in a hospital department / G. P. Marzoli, A. Frena, G. La Guardia and F. Martin -- 25. Aetiology of pancreatic cancer / K. G. Wormsley.

ISBN

0792388925 (alk. paper)

LCCN

95024716

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries