Pancreatic resection and reconstruction remain a therapeutic challenge to surgeons treating neoplastic disease of the pancreas, distal common bile duct, ampulla of Vater, and proximal duodenum. Despite appreciable improvements in perioperative, postoperative, and intraoperative techniques, morbidity for these procedures remains…
Cryotherapy Introduction Hepatic ablative techniques remain an important tool in the armamentarium against both primary and metastatic liver tumors. Liver resection continues to be the gold standard in management; however, ablative therapies are useful for patients with limited disease and…
Overview Extrahepatic biliary tumors are rare. Patients classically present with painless jaundice secondary to biliary obstruction. Management of bile duct tumors is challenging and best approached with input from an experienced multidisciplinary team. This chapter focuses on the cause of…