Download or read book Atlas of Upper Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery written by Pierre-Alain Clavien and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-13 with total page 971 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This atlas covers in detail the technical aspects of all important procedures of the upper abdomen (esophagus, duodenum, stomach, liver, biliary system, pancreas, portal hypertension and spleen) including general, oncologic and transplantation surgery. Each procedure is associated with a short comment regarding indications of the various operative steps. Approximately 900 illustrations have been drawn by the same team of three artists of notable experience. The liver section follows the internationally accepted terminology of the Brisbane 2000 conference of the IHPBA. In this atlas experts of upper abdominal surgery share their experience step-by-step.