Bailey & Love's Essential Operations in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery provides step by step explanations of both core operations and more complex procedures. Complemented by numerous colour images,and highlighting tips and pitfalls,best practice in HPB surgery is made clear and accessible for a global audience.

Section 1 – Basic Principles, 1.Embryology of the Liver, Biliary Tract and Pancreas, 2.Liver Anatomy and Physiology, 3.Pancreatic Anatomy and Physiology, 4.Biliary Anatomy, 5.Assessment of Pancreatic and Liver Function, 6.Pre-operative assessment, 7.ERAS Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS), 8.Principles of Laparoscopic Surgery, 9.Principles of Robotic Surgery, 10.Energy Devices, 11.Training of the HPB surgeon, Section 2 – Investigation and Diagnosis, 12.Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Imaging, 13.Tissue and Molecular Diagnosis, 14.History of intraoperative ultrasound during open and laparoscopic liver surgery, Section 3 – Preoperative Care, 15.Intraoperative Anaesthesia for Liver and Pancreas Surgery, 16.Pain Relief, 17.Day Case Surgery, 18.Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension, 19.Surgery in the High-Risk Patient, 20.Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure, Section 4 – Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Endoscopy, 21.Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy, 22.Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), 23.Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) in pancreatic and biliary diseases, Section 5 – Hepatobiliary Trauma and Control of Bleeding, 24.Liver Trauma, 25.Pancreas Trauma, 26.Duodenal Trauma, 27.Biliary Trauma, 28.Aneurysms and AV fistulae, 29.Control of iatrogenic bleeding in Hepatobiliary Surgery (HBS), 30.Bleeding following radiological and endoscopic procedures, Section 6 – Pancreas, 31.Acute Pancreatitis, 32.Chronic Pancreatitis, 33.Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, 34.Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours, 35.Unusual Pancreatic Tumours, 36.Pancreatic Cystic Lesions, 37.Pancreatic Ductal Stones, 38.Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm, 39.Technical aspects of pancreatoduodenectomy, 40.Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery, 41.Management of Surgical Complications Following Pancreatectomy, Section 7 – Ampulla, 42.Ampullary tumours: Endoscopic treatment, dysplasia, benign tumours and submucosal lesions, Section 8 - Liver, 43.Resection Principles of Hepatectomy, 44.Hepatic Parenchymal Transection, 45.Formal Liver Resections, 46.Segmental Resection, 47.Local Liver Resection, 48.Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery, 50.Ablation Techniques, 50.Hepatocellular Cancer, 51.Liver Metastases, 52.Benign Liver tumours, 53.Liver Cysts and Polycystic Liver Disease, 54.Synchronous Colorectal and Liver Metastases, 55.Abscesses and Parasitic Infections of Liver, 56.Surgery for Portal Hypertension, Section 9 – Biliary Tract, 57.Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction, 58.Common Bile Duct Stones, 59.Biliary Strictures, 60.Choledochal cysts, 61.Biliary Malignancies, 62.Iatrogenic biliary injuries, 63.Management of Bile Leaks and Fistulae, 64.Intraductal Papillary Neoplasm of the Bile Duct and Biliary Cysts, 65.Biliary Parasitic Disease, 66.Biliary pseudotumours, Section 10 – Gallbladder, 67.Gallstone Disease, 68.Cholecystitis, 69.Gallbladder Cancer, 70.Mirizzi Syndrome, 71.Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, 72.Open Cholecystectomy, Section 11 – Duodenum, 73.Duodenal Tumours, Section 12 – Spleen, 74.Splenectomy, 75.Control of Splenic Bleeding, 76.Splenic Tumours, Section 13 – Transplantation, 77.Liver Transplantation, 78.Pancreas Transplant,