Book Description
The new edition of this successful text provides a complete overview of the surgical mangement of liver and biliary disease in children. It has been substantially revised, and now includes a comprehensive section on pancreatic disorders and their relationship to many aspects of liver disease. The book covers the clinical management of biliary disorders, liver tumors, portal hypertension and pancreatic disease, as well as liver trauma, infection and transplantation. It also provides a review of the surgical anatomy, physiology and embryology of each system. Other topics covered include the investigation of hepatobiliary disorders; current indications, techniques, results and complications of pediatric liver transplantation; nutritional and psychological aspects of liver disease in children and perioperative management. The book is illustrated with over 300 high-quality illustrations including radiographs, operative line drawings and a color-plate section


Book Info
King's College Hospital, London, UK. Third author, Paul M. Colombani, is with Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Reviews the diagnosis, management, and outcome of specific conditions and provides a comprehensive and current summary. Halftone illustrations and extensive references are included. Previous edition: c1992.

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Reviewer: Robert M. Arensman, MD (Children's Memorial Hospital)Description: This is a complete book on pediatric surgical problems that involve the liver, pancreas, or biliary ducts with a large number of pictures, drawings, charts and graphs, plus an extensive list of references. This second edition adds considerable information on newer diagnostic modalities, improved pathological diagnoses and classifications, transplantation, and information on long-term outcomes.Purpose: Consistent with the purpose of the first edition, the authors have attempted to present complete and relevant information concerning hepatobiliary disease in children, updated over the 10 years since the first publication. The authors indicate that the large number of innovations over this time period (better understanding of anatomy, transplantation advances, laparoscopic advances, etc) necessitate a complete revision of the book, a task the authors have nicely achieved.Audience: The authors hope that this book will assist physicians, surgeons, and members of multidisciplinary teams caring for these children. However, they also address it to "colleagues who treat adults...since they will be caring for an increasing number of our patients in the future." The book is clearly written for an advanced audience and edited by three pediatric surgeons whose reputations are well established in this area of practice.Features: The content is divided into eight parts containing 37 chapters. After introductory information on anatomy and perioperative management, the remainder of the chapters cover individual pathological problems of the pancreas orbiliary tract with four sections devoted to hepatic tumors, hypertension, infection and trauma, and transplantation. All standard information is provided in a consistent and repeated format with a large number of illustrative drawings, photographs, and radiographs. In addition, there are 18 well-reproduced color photographs in the center of the book that further illustrate the text.Assessment: This second edition admirably achieves its purpose of providing a current, authoritative book focusing on the problems associated with liver, pancreas, and bile ducts as seen in childhood. It will serve as a definitive reference for several years until newer information and technological advances necessitate a further edition.

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