Difficult Acute Cholecystitis: Treatment and Technical Issues

By Isidoro Di Carlo

Book Overview

1 Anatomy of the gallbladder and biliary tract.- 2 Pathophysiology and diagnosis of acute calculous cholecystitis.- 3 Pathophysiology and diagnosis of acute acalculous cholecystitis.- 4 Guidelines for the management of acute cholecystitis.- 5 Tokyo Guidelines and their limits.- 6 Preoperative evaluation and management of acute cholecystitis: Optimal timing and surgical approach.- 7 Preoperative evaluation and decision making. When to operate and by which approach: Tube cholecystostomy.- 8 Difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Intra-operative evaluation.- 9 Difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Timing for conversion.- 10 Difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy: When to convert to open technique.- 11 When it's safe to continue laparoscopically.- 12 Open partial or subtotal cholecystectomy: techniques and indications.- 13 Laparoscopic sub total cholecystectomy and other laparoscopic techniques.- 14 Indocyanine green role in acute cholecystitis.- 15 How to avoid CBD injuries and their classification.- 16 Iatrogenic lesions of the biliary tree: the role of a multidisciplinary approach

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030621049
• ISBN13: 9783030621049
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"