Pancreas and Biliary Disease

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of common disorders affecting the pancreas and the bile duct as an easy to access guide for busy clinicians. The book is structured to review the anatomy and laboratory test relevant to the pathophysiology of the disease, categorize the symptoms under clinical scenarios like 'incidental finding' or 'painless jaundice', define accuracy (or lack of) of the investigations used, and formulate a management plan as per evidence-based recommendations. The spectrum of diseases covered include (but not limited to) commonly occurring benign conditions like pancreatitis (including autoimmune pancreatitis), gall stone disease and bile duct strictures to malignant diseases of the pancreas, gall bladder and the bile ducts. Also included are topics on motility disorders of the pancreaticobiliary system and pre-malignant conditions, like pancreas cysts that now-a-days are frequently discovered as incidental findings on imaging studies and need to be differentiated from non-premalignant or malignant cysts. Written by experts in the field, Pancreas and Biliary Diseases: Point of Care Clinical Guide is a point-of-care, reference resource for clinicians who need the latest evidence-based approach to manage these complex patients and answer questions the patient or the referring doctors may have.