Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Part I Introduction, Epidemiology, Laboratory examinations, Diagnostic methods and Pathology.- Overview of diseases of the gallbladder.- Laboratory examinations of diseases of the gallbladder.- Pathology: benign and malignant diseases of the gallbladder.- Imaging diagnosis of diseases of the gallbladder: US, CT and MRI.- EUS of diseases of the gallbladder.- Tissue acquisition of diseases of the gallbladder: Percutaneous needle biopsy.- Tissue acquisition of diseases of the gallbladder: EUS guided biopsy.- Part II Up-to-date knowledges.- Pathogenesis and treatment of gallbladder stones.- Acalculous cholecystitis; diagnosis and treatment.- IgG4-related gallbladder lesions.- Gallbladder lesions in patients with APBDU.- Dyskinesia of the gallbladder.- Incidental gallbladder carcinoma.- Part III Gallbladder cancer.- Epidemiology.- Risk factors.- Gene mutations and its clinical significance.- Staging by radiologic imagings.- Role of PET/CT.- Diagnostic strategies for early diagnosis.- Recent advances of surgical treatment.- Neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy.- Role of radiation therapy.- Patterns of recurrence and its effective treatment.- Part IV Current issues.- IV-1 Polypoid lesions and wall thickening of the gallbladder.- Differential diagnosis by imaging between benign and malignant lesion.- Role of EUS.- Diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm: Polypoid lesions of the gallbladder.- Diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm: Wall thickening of the gallbladder.- IV-2 Prophylactic cholecystectomy.- Prophylactic cholecystectomy in patients with concomitant gallstones after removal of CBD stone by ERCP.- IV-3 Drainage of the gallbladder: PTGBD vs Endoscopic drainage.- PTGBD.- Endoscopic drainage of the gallbladder.- Part V. Future perspective.- Future perspective.