Difficult Decisions in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery

1. Finding and Appraising the Evidence: EBM and GRADE
Sadeesh K. Srinathan

2. Is Surgery Indicated for Asymptomatic Giant Hepatic Hemangioma?
John Seal

3. What Is the Best Surgical Method of Addressing Hepatic Hemangiomas?
J. Michael Millis, David Caba Molina

4. Which Diagnostic Modality is best to Assess Benign Hepatic Tumors?
Stephen Thomas, Aytekin Oto

5. Cystic Diseases of the Liver
John F. Renz

6. When Should You Operate on Major Hepatic Trauma?
Cory Evans, Martin A. Croce

7. Surgical Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Resection Versus Transplantation
Thomas Pham, Tsuyoshi Todo, Robert Gish, Waldo Concepcion

8. Hepatic Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma
John F. Renz

9. What Is the Best Way to Screen Cirrhotic Patients for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the United States?
Archita P. Desai, Helen S. Te

10. When Is Laparoscopic Liver Resection Preferred Over Open Resection?
Ana Gleisner, David A. Geller

11. Clinical Management of Pyogenic Liver Abscesses
Trevor W. Reichman, W. Grayson Terral

12. Which Is Better Local Therapy for HCC, RFA or TACE?
Thuong G. Ha

13. When Should Patients with Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer Receive Chemotherapy?
Malini D. Sur, Eugene A. Choi

14. What Is the Best Way to Assess Hepatic Reserve Prior to Liver Resection in the Cirrhotic Patient?
Yilei Mao, Shunda Du

15. Treatment Protocols for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma (≤3 cm): RFA or Resection?
Yudong Qiu, Yilei Mao

16. Which Is the Better Predictor of Hepatic Reserve Prior to Liver Resection: MELD or the Child-Pugh Score?
Trevor W. Reichman, Humberto Bohorquez

17. Early (<24 h) or Delayed Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis?
Stephan G. Wyers

18. Primary Closure or T-Tube Drainage After Open or Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration?
Ezra N. Teitelbaum, Anthony D. Yang, David M. Mahvi

19. Single-Incision or Multiport Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Bill Ran Luo, Nathaniel J. Soper

20. Management of Recurrent Cholangitis
Steven C. Stain, Ankesh Nigam

21. Management of Postoperative Bile Duct Stricture
Nicholas J. Zyromski, James R. Butler

22. Immediate or Delayed Repair for Bile Duct Injury Recognized Postoperatively?
Zhi Ven Fong, Keith D. Lillemoe

23. Management of Suspected Choledocholithiasis on Intraoperative Cholangiography
B. Fernando Santos, Eric S. Hungness

24. Management of Incidentally Discovered Gallbladder Cancer
May Chen Tee, KMarie Reid-Lombardo

25. Gallstone Ileus
Pierre F. Saldinger, Alexander Itskovich

26. Surgery or Endoscopy for Bile Duct Strictures Secondary to Chronic Pancreatitis?
Katherine A. Morgan, Gregory A. Cote, David B. Adams

27. Routine or Selective Cholangiography for Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy?
Shane Svoboda, Brian L. Bello

28. When Is Bile Duct Resection Indicated for Biliary Strictures in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis?
J. Camilo Barreto, J. Michael Millis

29. Assessment of Bile Duct Tumors: Endoscopic vs Radiographic
Irving Waxman, Mariano Gonzalez-Haba

30. Management of Significant Hemobilia: Hepatic Artery Embolization or Stenting?
Mikin V. Patel, Jonathan M. Lorenz

31. The Assessment of Ductal Margin in Curative-Intent Surgery for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma
Nobuhisa Akamatsu, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Norihiro Kokudo

32. Management of Early Post-transplant Portal Vein Thrombosis: Results of Interventional Techniques Versus Surgical
Jonathan M. Lorenz, Mikin V. Patel

33. When Should Patients with Bleeding Esophageal Varices Undergo TIPS Versus Endoscopic Therapy?
John N. Gaetano, K. Gautham Reddy

34. Management of Symptomatic Portal Hypertension: TIPS vs. Medical Management
Anouar Teriaky, Andrew Aronsohn

35. Should All Hepatic Arteriovenous Fistulas Be Embolized?
Darren Beek, Brian Funaki

36. Early or Delayed Cholecystectomy in Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis
Darren S. Bryan, Mustafa Hussain

37. Nutritional Support in Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
Andreas Mykoniatis

38. Management of Symptomatic Pancreatic Pseudocyst
Benjamin D. Ferguson, Vivek N. Prachand

39. Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
Brodie Parent, E. Patchen Dellinger

40. Endoscopic or Minimally Invasive Debridement of Walled-Off Pancreatic Necrosis?
Ajaypal Singh, Andres Gelrud

41. Surgical Debridement in Necrotizing Pancreatitis
Baddr Shakhsheer, John Alverdy

42. Surgery or Endotherapy for Large Duct Chronic Pancreatitis
Jason B. Liu, Marshall S. Baker

43. Pancreatic Head Resection for Painful Chronic Pancreatitis
Minh B. Luu, Daniel J. Deziel

44. Is Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation Indicated in Hereditary/Genetic Pancreatitis?
Jeffrey B. Matthews

45. Management of Blunt Pancreatic Trauma in Children
Grace Z. Mak

46. Surgery or Surveillance for Asymptomatic Small Mucinous Pancreatic Head Cyst
J. Camilo Barreto, Mitchell C. Posner

47. Management of Asymptomatic IPMN in the Elderly
Kimberly M. Brown

48. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pancreatic Head Cancer
Deepa Magge, Amer H. Zureikat

49. Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Discovered at Operation: The Role of Palliative Bypass
Ajay V. Maker

50. Neoadjuvant Therapy for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Head Cancer
Susan M. Sharpe, Mark S. Talamonti

51. Neoadjuvant Therapy for Resectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Heather L. Lewis, Syed A. Ahmad

52. Management of Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
Gareth Morris-Stiff, R. Mathew Walsh

53. Peritoneal Drain Placement at Pancreatoduodenectomy
Matthew T. McMillan, Charles M. Vollmer

54. Management of Villous Adenoma of the Ampulla of Vater
Ashley N. Hardy, David J. Bentrem, Jeffrey D. Wayne

55. Splenic Preservation at Distal Pancreatectomy
Benjamin D. Ferguson, Jeffrey B. Matthews

56. Management of Small Nonfunctional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
Gabriella Grisotti, Sajid A. Khan

57. Management of Pancreatic Gastrinoma
Shady F. Gad, Jason K. Sicklick

58. Management of Pancreatic Cancer in the Elderly
Francesca M. Dimou, Taylor S. Riall

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Gastroenterology