Publisher's Synopsis
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.
