The popular series - A Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice - provides senior surgical trainees with a concise learning and revision source, and the practising surgeon with a regular update in a particular sub-specialty. Each volume in the series gives a current summary of the key topics within the specialty and concentrates on recent developments. As in the previous edition, evidence-based practice is indicated where appropriate - icons are used throughout the books to highlight sections of text and key references which are considered to be associated with reasonable evidence, i.e. are supported by randomized clinical trials, systematic literature reviews, meta-analysis or observational studies.

· A consistent approach is used across the complete series thus ensuring that information is presented in a standard format
· Each volume gives an up-to-date and concise summary of the key topics within the specialty, thus making them ideal as a learning/revision source for senior surgical trainees or as a rapid reference for consultants
· Evidence-based practice is identified throughout each book in a consistent style.

Ch 1 Hepatic, biliary and pancreatic anatomy
Stephen M Strasberg

Ch 2 Laparoscopy in staging and assessment of HPB Disease
Oliver R C Busch, Willem A Bemelman, Otto M van Delden, Dirk J Gouma

Ch 3 Benign liver lesions
Rowan W Parks, O James Garden

Ch 4 Primary malignant tumours of the liver
Olivier Farges, Jacques Belghiti

Ch 5 Hepatic metastases
Thomas J Hugh, Paula Ghaneh, Graeme J. Poston

Ch 6 Portal hypertension
John AC Buckels, Geoffrey H Haydon, Simon P Olliff

Ch 7 The spleen
Fenella KS Welsh, John J Casey

Ch 8 Gallstones
Leslie K Nathanson, Ian M Shaw

Ch 9 Benign biliary tract diseases
Benjamin NJ Thomson, O James Garden

Ch 10 Malignant lesions of the biliary tract
Cynthia-Michelle Borg, Irving S Benjamin

Ch 11 Acute pancreatitis
Clement W Imrie, C Ross Carter, Colin McKay

Ch 12 Chronic pancreatitis
Philippus C Bornman

Ch 13 Pancreatic cancer
Paul F Ridgway, Kevin C Conlon

Ch 14 Hepatobiliary and pancreatic trauma
Rowan W Parks, O James Garden

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By O. James Garden, BSc, MD, FRCS(Glasgow), FRCS(Edinburgh), Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery, University Department of Surgery, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK