The Pancreas

Part 1: Anatomy of the Pancreas:; Development of the Pancreas and Related Structures; An Introduction to Surgical Anatomy and Neuroanatomy; Histology and Fine Structure; Congenital Abnormalities and Variations of the Pancreas and Pancreatic and Extrahepatic; Bile Ducts; Part 2: Physiology and Pathophysiology of Pancreatic Functions:; Pancreatic Exocrine Secretion: Mechanisms and Control; Physiology and Pathophysiology of Endocrine Pancreatic Secretion; Sphincter of Oddi-Physiology; Enzymes and Digestion; Part 3: Diagnostic Measures:; Clinical Evaluation; Laboratory Diagnosis of Inflammatory Pancreatic Disease; Laboratory Measurements: Endocrine Function Tests; Laboratory Measurements: Measurements of Inflammation of the Pancreas; Tumor Market CA 19-9 Serum Course and Prognosis of Pancreatic Cancer; Ultrasound; Computed Tomography of the Pancreas; ERCP; Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Pancreas; Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography; Percutaneous Needle Aspiration and Cytology; Angiography; Part 4: Acute Pancreatitis:; Etiology and Epidemiology of Alcohol-Induced Pancreatitis; Etiology and Epidemiology: Acute Postoperative Pancreatitis; ERCP - and Endoscopic Sphincterectomy - Induced Pancreatitis; Acute Pancreatitis Etiology and Epidemiology - Hyperlipidemia; Etiology and Epidemiology of Hyperparathyroidism and Acute Pancreatitis; Infectious Etiology and Epidemiology of Acute Pancreatitis; Drug-Induced Acute Pancreatitis; Acute Pancreatitis Associated with Congenital Anomalies; Hereditary Pancreatitis; Pancreas Divisum and Pancreatitis; Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction; Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology: Biochemical and Metabolic Abnormalities; Hemodynamic Pattern of Acute Pancreatitis: Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology; Histopathology of Acute Pancreatitis; Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology: Experimental Models; Acute Pancreatitis: Clinical Classification; Interstitial Edematous Pancreatitis; Peripancreatic Fluid Collections; Natural Course of Acute Pancreatitis: Bacterial Infection; Natural; Course of Acute Pancreatitis: Pseudocyst After Acute Pancreatitis; Natural Course of Acute Pancreatitis: Pancreatic Abscess; Natural Course of Acute Pancreatitis: Pancreatic Necrosis; Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis: Clinical Aspects; Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis: Market of Pancreatic Necrosis; Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis: Angio-CT; Diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis: Percutaneous Needle Aspiration; Assessment of clinical Severity and Prognosis; Treatment of Interstitial Pancreatitis; Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Intensive Care Measures; Etiology, Pathogenesis, Natural History and Treatment of Biliary Acute Pancreatitis; Management of Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction in Acute Pancreatitis: Medical, Endoscopic and Surgical; Surgical Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Indication to Surgical Treatment; Surgical Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Debridement and Drainage; Surgical Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Necrosectomy and Local Lavage; Management of Infected Pancreatic Necrosis by Open Packing: Principles and Practice; Planned, Staged Reoperative Necrosectomy with Delayed Primary Closure Over Drains; Surgical Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Retroperitoneal Approach; Surgical Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis: An Overview; Gastrointestinal Fistulas Complicating Surgical Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis; Duodenal Obstruction: A Complication of Acute Pancreatitis; Portal and Splenic Vein Thrombosis in Acute Pancreatitis; Hemorrhagic Complications of Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Pseudocysts; Surgical Treatment of Pseudocysts After Acute Pancreatitis; Surgical Management of Pancreatic Abscess; Management of Pancreatic Fistulas; Percutaneous Management of Pancreatic Collections; Acute Pancreatitis: Long-Term Prognosis; Part 5: Chronic Pancreatitis:; Classification; Etiology and Epidemiology: Alcoholic Chronic Pancreatitis; Etiology and Epidemiology: Idiopathic Chronic Pancreatitis; Etiology and Epidemiology: Tropical Chronic Pancreatitis; Etiology and Epidemiology: Obstruction Chronic Pancreatitis; Pain Mechanisms in Chronic Pancreatitis; Role of Free Oxygen Radicals; Involvement of Pancreatic Stones; Pathogenesis and Pathophysiology: Histopathology; Chronic Pancreatitis: Prognosis; Inflammatory Mass in the Head; Necrotizing Pancreatitis; Pseudocyst; Thrombosis of Portal and Splenic Vein; Clinical Diagnosis; Pain Score; Laboratory and Biochemical Diagnostic Measures; ERCP Evaluation and Classification; Radiology (CCT, Angiography); Medical Treatment: Analgetic Treatment; Enzyme Supplementation; Nutritional Support in the Medical Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis; Treatment of Pancreatic Ascites and Fistulae; Sphincterectomy, Common Bile Duct Stenting, Pancreatic Duct Stenting, Binmoeller, Soehendra and Vadeyar; Endoscopic Treatment of Pseudocysts; Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Pancreatic Stones; Indication to Surgical Treatment; Sphincterotomy; Duct Drainage Procedure; Pancreatodudenectomy With or Without Pylorus Preservation for Chronic Pancreatitis; Duodenum-Preserving Resection of the Pancreatic Head - a Standard Procedure for Chronic Pancreatitis; Resection of the Pancreas: Left Resection With or without Spleen Preservation; Resection of the Pancreas: Total Pancreatectomy, Duodenal Preserving Pancreatectomy; Surgical Treatment of Pseudocysts; Late Course After Surgical Treatment; Part 6: Tumors of the Exocrine Tissue: Pancreatic Cancer: Epidemiology of Pancreatic Cancer; Molecular Biologic Events in the Development of Pancreatic Cancer; Recent Experimental and Clinical Advances in Pancreatic Cancer; Pathology of Pancreatic Exocrine Tumors; Staging of Pancreatic Cancer; Clinical Assessment of Pancreatic Cancer; Transabdominal and Endoscopic Ultrasonography in Pancreatic Cancer; Pancreatic Tumor Markers; Diagnosis: Immunoscintigraphy and Position Emission Tomography; Computed Tomography of Pancreatic Carcinoma: Detection and Staging; ERCP; The Role of Laparoscopy and Peritoneal Cytology in the Management of Pancreatic Cancer; Tissue Diagnosis in Pancreatic Cancer; Pancreatic Cancer: Indications for Resection; Whipple-Kausch Pancreatoduodectomy With or Without Pylorus Preservation; Extended Radical Surgery for Carcinoma of the Head of the Pancreas; Surgical Treatment: Lymph Node and Connective Tissue Dissection; Bypass Procedures: Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer; External Beam Radiation Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer; Combined Treatment of Resection With Intraoperative Radiotherapy; Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy and Pancreatic Cancer; Adjuvant Treatment in Pancreatic Cancer: Combined Treatment Modalities; chemotherapy of Unresectable Cancer; Immunotherapy of Pancreatic Cancer and the Role of Immune Response Modifiers and Anti-Hormonal Treatment; Hormone Therapy of Pancreatic Ductal Cancer; Endoscopic Treatment of Exocrine Pancreatic Cancer; Precutaneous Transhepatic Management; Survival After Surgical Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer; Part 7: Endocrine Tumors of the Pancreas:; Islet Cell Tumors: An Overview; Insulinoma and Nesidioblastosis: Pathophysiology, Clinical Settings, Diagnosis and Medical Management; The Surgical Treatment of Insulinomas; Pancreatic Endocrine Neoplasms in Patients With MEN Syndrome; Carcinoid Tumors of the Pancreas and Biliary Tract; Gastrinoma; VIPomas; Glucagonoma; Somatostatinoma; Pancreatic-Polypeptide Producing and Non-Functioning Islet Cell Tumors of the Pancreas; Part 8: Periampullary Tumors:; Histopathology of Tumors of the AMpulla of Vater and Periampullary Tumors; Periampullary Tumors: Clinical Presentation and Diagnostic Strategy; Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation of Adenomas and Adenocarcinomas of the Papilla; Adenoma and Carcinoma of Ampulla of Vater: Adenoma Carcinoma Sequence; Screening and Surveillance in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis; Adenoma and Adenocarcinoma of AMpulla of Vater: Diagnosis and Staging; Adenoma of the Ampulla of Vater: Surgical Treatment and Results; Adenocarcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater: Surgical Treatment and Results; Unusula Tumors of the Ampulla of Vater; Cancer of the Distal Bile Duct; Cancer of the Distal Common bile Duct: Endoscopic Treatment and Results; The Pathology of Tumors of the Duodenum; Malignant Neoplasms of the Duodenum; Part 9: Other Tumors of the Pancreas:; Cystic Tumors; Lymphomas; Unusual Tumors: Hemangiomas, Sarcomas, Cystic Duct Diletion, Papilliary Cystic Tumors; Part 10: Congenital Anomalies of the Pancreas:; Pancreas Annulare; Congenital Cysts of the Pancreas; Cystic Fibrosis; Part 11: Pancreatic Injury:; Pancreatic Trauma: Diagnosis, Treatment and Complications; Management of Pancreatic Injuries; Management of Endoscopic Complications: Surgical and Non-Surgical; Part 12: Transplantation of the Pancreas:; Islet Transplantation and Results; Organ Transplantation and Results;