Foreword   Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FRCSC, FACS

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Introduction   Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS, Pascal R. Fuchshuber, MD, PhD, FACS

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Chapter 1

Surgical Anatomy of the Pancreas   Alberto R. Ferreres, MD, PhD, MPH, FACS, Eduardo A. Pro, MD, Fernando Casal, Luis Alberto Carlos Lopolito, MD, Juan M. Verde, MD

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Chapter 2

Endoscopic Ultrasound of Pancreatic Lesions: Diagnosis and Treatment   Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, Muhammad Khalid Hasan, MD

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Chapter 3

Open Debridement for Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis   Elisabeth T. Tracy, MD, Theodore N. Pappas, MD, FACS

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Chapter 4

Minimally Invasive Approaches to Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis   Patrick S. Wolf, MD, Karen D. Horvath, MD, FACS

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Chapter 5

Open Cystogastrostomy for Pancreatic Pseudocyst   Pascal R. Fuchshuber, MD, PhD, FACS, Christopher Solis, MD, FACS, CK Chang, MD, FACS

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Chapter 6

Endoluminal Approaches to Pancreatic Pseudocyst   Mehrdad Nikfarjam, MD, PhD, FRACS, Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, FACS

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Chapter 7

Laparoscopic Management of Pancreatic Pseudocysts   Martín Palavecino, MD Juan Pekolj, MD, PhD, FACS

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Chapter 8

Laparoscopic Lateral Pancreatojejunostomy for Chronic Pancreatitis   Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS, Steven P. Bowers, MD, Pascal R. Fuchshuber, MD, PhD, FACS

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Chapter 9

Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Duodenum-Preserving Pancreatic Head Resection and Total Pancreatectomy   Dilip Parekh, MBBCh, FACS Kaylene Berrera, MS

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Chapter 10

Duodenum-Preserving Subtotal and Total Resection of the Pancreatic Head   Hans Gunther Beger, MD, FACS, Steffen Gloekler, MD, Frank Gansauge, MD, Michael Schwarz, MD, Franz Poch, Bertram Poch, MD

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Chapter 11

Pancreatic Head Resection and Pancreaticojejunostomy for Chronic Pancreatitis   Howard A. Reber, MD, FACS, Jakob R. Izbicki, MD, FACS, Emre F. Yekebas, MD, FACS, Dana K. Andersen, MD, FACS, Christopher L. Wolfgang, MD, PhD, FACS, W. Scott, Helton, MD, FACS, Charles R Frey, MD, FACS

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Chapter 12

Open Surgical Approach to Islet Cell Tumors of the Pancreas   Courtney L. Scaife, MD, FACS, Sean J. Mulvihill, MD, FACS

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Chapter 13

Minimal-Access Approaches to Benign-Appearing Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas   Attila Nakeeb, MD, FACS

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Chapter 14

Surgery in the Treatment of Gastrinoma   E. Christopher Ellison, MD, FACS

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Chapter 15

Laparoscopic Management of Pancreatic Islet Cell Neoplasms   Quan-Yang Duh, MD, FACS, Insoo Suh, MD

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Chapter 16

Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy   Catherine Hubert, MD, Jean-Francois Gigot, MD, PhD, FRCS

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Chapter 17

Laparoscopic Spleen-Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy (LSPDP)   Pedro A. Ferraina, MD, FACS, Anibal Ariel Ferraro, MD

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Chapter 18

Laparoscopic Robotically-Assisted Distal Pancreatic Resection With Splenectomy   Sebastian V. Demyttenaere, MD, MSc, W. Scott Melvin, MD, FACS

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Chapter 19

Results of RAMPS Procedure for Adenocarcinoma of the Body and Tail of the Pancreas   Steven M. Strasberg, MD, FACS

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Chapter 20

Laparoscopic Subtotal Pancreatectomy/Splenectomy   Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS, John A. Stauffer, MD

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Chapter 21

Central Pancreatectomy with Transgastric Pancreatogastrostomy   Carlos F. Fernández-del Castillo, MD, FACS

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Chapter 22

Laparoscopic Central Pancreatectomy With Pancreatogastrostomy   Nicholas O’Rourke, MBBS, FRACS

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Chapter 23

Pancreatic Enucleation/Resection of Uncinate Lesions   R. Matthew Walsh, MD, FACS

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Chapter 24

Laparoscopic Robotic-Assisted Resection of Ampullary Tumors   Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS, Murali N. Naidu, MD, Pascal R. Fuchshuber, MD, PhD, FACS

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Chapter 25

Rationale and Surgical Technique of Lymphadenectomy Associated With Duodenopancreatectomy for Pancreatic Head Carcinoma   Roberto Coppola, MD, FACS, Domenico Borzomati, MD, PhD, FACS, Sergio Valeri, MD, Alessandro Coppola, MD

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Chapter 26

Pancreaticoduodenectomy With Duct-to-Mucosa Pancreaticojejunostomy   Andrew L. Warshaw, MD, FACS, Carlos Fernandez-del Castillo, MD, FACS

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Chapter 27

Pylorus-Preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy with Invaginating Pancreaticojejunostomy   Harish Lavu, MD, Jennifer Brumbaugh, MA, Charles J. Yeo, MD, FACS

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Chapter 28

Technique of Pylorus-Preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy Using the Surgical Microscope for Pancreaticojejunostomy   L. William Traverso, MD, FACS

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Chapter 29

A Whipple Pancreaticoduodenectomy Associated with “en rnonobloc” Mesenterico-Portal Vein Resection   Philippe Bachellier, MD, PhD, Elie Housseau, MD, Daniel Jaeck, MD, PhD, FRCS

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Chapter 30

Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy   Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS, John A. Stauffer, MD

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Chapter 31

Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy With Gastrojej unostomy Reconstruction   Chinnusamy Palanivelu, MCh, FRCS, FACS

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Chapter 32

Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy with Superior Mesenteric Artery Approach   Brice Gayer, MD, PhD, Zahra Shafaee, MD

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Chapter 33

Laparobotic Pancreatoduodenectomy: Caudad to Cephalad Approach   Anusak Yiengpruksawan, MD, FACS, Nino Carnevale, MD, FACS

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Chapter 34

Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy   Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, MD, FACS, Francesco M. Bianco, MD Fabio Sbrana, MD, FACS

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Chapter 35

Laparoscopic Total Pancreatectomy/Splenectomy   Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS, John Stauffer, MD

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Chapter 36

Laparoscopic Pancreas-Preserving Duodenectomy with Invaginating Pancreatojejunostomy and Gastrojejunostomy   Manpreet S. Grewai, MD, Horacio J. Asbun, MD, FACS, Pascal R. Fuchshuber, MD, PhD, FACS

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