MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF COMMON BILE DUCT STONES

•Provides current, up-to-date knowledge that spans many disciplines
•The first of its kind to cross interdisciplinary boundaries
•Written by a multidisciplinary group of experts in the fields of surgery, gastroenterology and interventional radiology

This volume is a single resource highlighting multidisciplinary options available to clinicians for the management of common bile duct stones. The text highlights management, diagnosis, treatment options, and complications from the perspective of surgeons, gastroenterologists, and interventional radiologists, providing a truly multidisciplinary approach to treatment of these patients. By providing the scope of the problem to clinicians, the text increases awareness such that testing or referral to the most appropriate specialist (whether it be a gastroenterologist, surgeon or radiologist) can be initiated.
Providing surgeons, gastroenterologists and radiologists alike access to the most current treatment paradigms in their field, Multidisciplinary Management of Common Bile Duct Stones empowers healthcare providers with interdisciplinary knowledge and options available to patients in management of their common bile duct stones.

Authors
•Jeffrey W. Hazey, MD, FACS. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Chief, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery. Columbus, OH, USA
•Darwin L. Conwell, MD. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Columbus, OH, USA
•Gregory E. Guy, MD. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology, Columbus, OH, USA.

Table of contents (17 chapters)
1.Historical Perspective and Treatments for Common Bile Duct Stones
2.Common Bile Duct Stones: Health Care Problem and Incidence
3.Bile Duct Stones: Making the Radiologic Diagnosis
4.Making the Diagnosis: Gastroenterology
5.Making the Diagnosis: Surgery, a Rational Approach to the Patient with Suspected CBD Stones
6.Percutaneous Biliary Access: Considerations, Techniques, and Complications
7.Special Considerations for the Gastroenterologist
8.Special Considerations for the Surgeon
9.Percutaneous Methods of Common Bile Duct Stone Retrieval
10.Gastroenterologic Treatment and Outcomes
11.Surgical Treatment and Outcomes
12.Surgical Procedures to Prevent Recurrence
13.Management of Medical Complications of Gallstone Disease
14.Management of Surgical Complications
15.Special Considerations: Management of Common Bile Duct Stones in the Bariatric Patient
16.Management of Choledocholithiasis in the Cirrhotic Patient
17.Nonprocedural Management of Common Bile Duct Stones