Biliary Lithiasis

1. Reflections on the Birth and on the Concept of Laparoscopic Surgery
Philippe Mouret

2. Epidemiology of Biliary Lithiasis
Stefan Sauerland

3. Pathophysiology of Cholesterol Gallstone Disease
Piero Portincasa, Antonio Moschetta, Agostino Ciaula, Daniela Pontrelli, Rosa C. Sasso, Helen H. Wang, David Q. -H. Wang

4. Classification, Composition and Structure of Gallstones. Relevance of these Parameters for Clinical Presentation and Treatment
Francesco Cotta

5. Natural History of Biliary Lithiasis
Grant Caddy

6. Preoperative Noninvasive Imaging
Riccardo Manfredi, Sara Mehrabi, Massimiliano Motton, Roberto Pozzi Mucelli

7. Three-dimensional Imaging
Luc Soler, Ronan Cahill, Jacques Marescaux

8. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography and Endoscopic Ultrasound
John Meenan

9. Pre- and Intra-operative Diagnostic Fibrocholangioscopy
Gian M Gazzaniga, Marco Filauro

10. Intraoperative Cholangiography
Markus Schäfer

11. Laparoscopic Ultrasound during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Jean-Marc Catheline, Joël Roussel

12. Diagnostic Flow Charts for Biliary Lithiasis
Emilie Lermite, Patrick Pessaux

13. Medical Treatment of Gallstone Disease
Piero Portincasa, Antonio Moschetta, Francesco Puglisi, Luigi Borracino, David Q. -H. Wang

14. Surgical Treatment of Cholelithiasis: Exclusion Criteria
G. Paolo Spina, Giacomo Gaverini

15. Anesthesia in Biliary Lithiasis
Anna M. Koivusalo

16. Cholecystectomy Techniques
Jean-François Gigot, Catherine Hubert, Benoit Navez

17. Robot-assisted Cholecystectomy
Cinthya Solano, Monica Gualtierotti, Ronan Cahill, Jacques Marescaux

18. Day Surgery Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Manuel Planells Roig, Rafael Garcia Espinosa, Consuelo Arnal Bertomeu, Angel Sanahuja Santafé, Miguel Carrau Giner, Maria Cervera Delgado, Jose Bueno Lledó, Eduardo Escarti Carbonell, Africa Sanchez Salas

19. Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis
Giuseppe Borzellino, Edoardo Saladino, Manuela Luca, Claudio Cordiano

20. Incidental Carcinoma of the Gallbladder
Lorenzo Capussotti, Andrea Muratore, Alessandro Ferrero, Luca Viganò

21. Complications of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Gennaro Nuzzo, Felice Giuliante, Francesco Ardito

22. Clinical Pictures of Common Bile Duct Stones
Jürgen Treckmann, Christoph E. Broelsch, Andreas Paul

23. Synchronous Treatment of Common Bile Duct Stones by Laparotomy
Olivier Chapuis, Brice Malgras, Anne Bouix

24. Cholecystocholedocholithiasis: Two-stage Treatment
Mario Morino, Alberto Arezzo

25. Synchronous Treatment of Common Bile Duct Stones by Laparoscopy
Alessandro M. Paganini, Adriana Rotundo, Emanuele Lezoche

26. Rendez-vous Technique
Giuseppe Borzellino, Edoardo Saladino, Francesco Lombardo, Claudio Cordiano

27. Flow Chart for the Treatment of CBDS and Critical Comparison of Techniques
David Martin, Ian Martin

28. Common Bile Duct Stones in Cholecystectomized Patients
Carmelo Sciumè, Girolamo Geraci, Franco Pisello, Tiziana Facella, Francesco Volsi, Giuseppe Modica

29. Acute Biliary Pancreatitis
Giuseppe Borzellino, Edoardo Saladino, Anna M. Minicozzi, Claudio Cordiano

30. Incidence and Management of Mirizzi Syndrome
Markus K. Müller, Frauke Löhlein, Markus Schäfer

31. Biliary Lithiasis in Children
Ciro Esposito, Marianna Marco, Claudia Corte, Raffaele Iorio, Pietro Vayro, Alessandro Settimi

32. Biliary Lithiasis in Pregnancy
Paul Sungler, Horst Steiner

33. Biliary Lithiasis and Obesity
Mario Rizzello, Giovanni Casella, Francesca Abbatini, Gianfranço Silecchia, Nicola Basso

34. Biliary Lithiasis in Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux (Acid and Alkaline)
Alberto Genio, Gianluca Rossetti, Vincenzo Maffettone, Vincenzo Napolitano, Gianmattia Genio, Luigi Brusciano, Francesco Pizza, Maria Martino, Salvatore Tolone

35. Hepatic Cirrhosis and Biliary Stones
Patrick Pessaux, Emilie Lermite

36. Biliary Stones and Gastrectomy
Giovanni Manzoni, Simone Giacopuzzi, Giuseppe Borzellino, Claudio Cordiano

37. Biliary Ileus
Benoit Navez, Hwai-Ding Lam, Jean-François Gigot

38. Clinical Pictures of Intrahepatic Lithiasis
Andrea Ruzzenente, Chiara Zugni, Alfredo Guglielmi

39. Treatment of Intrahepatic Lithiasis
Yuji Nimura

40. Extracorporeal Shock Wave Treatment of Gallbladder Stones
Luís Carrilho-Ribeiro, Miguel Carneiro Moura

41. Shock Wave for Main Bile Duct Stones
Stefano Amplatz, Fausto Chilovi

42. Acute Gallstone Cholangitis: Clinical Pictures, Diagnosis and Treatment
Luigi Roncoroni, Leopoldo Sarli, Gabriele Regina

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Abdominal Surgery, Interventional Radiology, Gastroenterology, Diagnostic Radiology