What's New on Pancreatic Diseases?

This volume is a comprehensive state-of-the-art picture on the main diagnostic, clinical and therapeutic features of acute and chronic pancreatitis, as well as endocrine neoplasms, including some topics of general interest and surgical techniques. Most contributions come from surgeons, but other therapeutic aspects are also investigated - they represent endoscopic, radiologic and oncologic alternative approaches or, rather, complementary approaches to surgery. Consequently, the book gives an overview of a correct approach to pancreatic diseases, which nowadays must necessarily be multidisciplinary, should be very useful. The main features include - acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, pseudocysts, tumours, technique and miscellaneous.