The series - "A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice" - is designed to provide trainee surgeons in higher surgical training with an excellent learning and revision resource and busy practicing surgeons with a regular update in a particular sub-specialty interest. Produced to a very tight schedule, each volume in the series gives a current and succinct summary of all the key topics within the specialty and concentrates on recent developments. To meet the increasing interest in evidence-based medicine, authors have cited whenever available, the meta analysis of randomised controlled trials and identified key references within the text which support evidence-based practice. Other titles in the series are: "Core Topics In General and Emergency Surgery 2nd Edition" - Paterson-Brown, "Colorectal Surgery 2nd Edition" - Phillips, "Breast Surgery" - Farndon, "Endocrine Surgery" - Fardon. "Vascular and Endovascular Surgery" - Beard and Gaines, "Transplantation Surgery: Current Dilemmas 2nd Edition" - Forsythe, and "Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery 2nd Edition" - Griffin & Raimes.
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1. Investigation of hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancy, Timothy G John (UK). 2. Benign liver lesions, Rowan W Parks (Northern Ireland) and O James Garden (UK). 3. Primary malignant tumours of the liver, Jacques Belghiti (France). 4. Hepatic metastases, Graeme J Poston (UK). 5. Portal hypertension, Tom Diamond (Northern Ireland). 6. Gallstones, Leslie Nathanson (Australia). 7. Benign and malignant lesions of the biliary tract, Irving S Benjamin (UK). 8. Acute pancreatitis, Clement W Imrie ((UK). 9. Chronic pancreatitis, Philip C Bornman (South Africa) and O James Garden (UK). 10. Pancreatic neoplasia, Robin CN Williamson (UK). 11. Hepatobiliary and pancreatic trauma, Ajith Siriwarena (Northern Ireland) and O James Garden (UK). Bold = heavily revised chapters or chapters written by a new author team.
