Pancreaticobiliary Maljunction and Congenital Biliary Dilatation by Terumi KamisawaEnglish | PDF,EPUB | 2018 | 248 Pages | ISBN : 9811086532 | 50.57 MB
From embryology to epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, complications, treatment and prognosis, this book provides a comprehensive overview and the latest evidence-based data on pancreaticobiliary maljunction (PBM), a congenital malformation in which the pancreatic and bile ducts join anatomically outside the duodenal wall. Resulting in various pathologic conditions, such as biliary cancer and pancreatitis, immediate prophylactic surgery is recommended upon diagnosis.