The writings in this volume see the South African labour movement as an actor capable of shaping democratization. Through the strategic use of power, labour has reconfigured democratization through negotiated compromises, attempting to ensure that...
Rectal cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers world-wide. It is also a paradigm for multimodal management, as the combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy is often necessary to achieve the optimal outcome. Recently, international...
List of principal contributors Preface ACUTE PANCREATITIS I SECTION I: PATHOBIOLOGY OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS Chair: C Imrie, RM Schmid 1 Where and how does acute pancreatitis begin? ML Steer, A Sharma, X-H Tao, G Perides 2 Clinical relevance of experimental models of acute pancreatitis J Mayerle, FU Weiss, MM Lerch SECTION II: CLINICAL PRESENTATION, DIAGNOSIS, STAGING Chair: CD Johnson, MV Singer 3 Acute pancreatitis: epidemiology and aetiology PG Lankisch, P Maisonneuve, AB Lowenfels 4 Acute pancreatitis: diagnostic gold standard -- new perspectives? L Gullo 5 Acute pancreatitis: when to perform computed tomography PC Freeny ACUTE PANCREATITIS II SECTION III: CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES OF THERAPY Chair: MW Buchler, UR Foelsch 6 Controversies in the treatment of acute pancreatitis: antibiotic therapy -- when and why? J Werner, MW Buchler 7 Acute pancreatitis: benefit of early enteral feeding? D Bimmler 8 Sterile necrosis and/or pseudocyst -- endoscopic intervention, surgery, or wait and see? PA Banks 9 Acute pancreatitis: evidence-based indications for surgery -- the current concept M Schafer, S Heinrich, PA Clavien SECTION IV: LONG-TERM COURSE AND OUTCOME Chair: S Bank, AB Lowenfels 10 Prediction of outcome in acute pancreatitis: death and local complications CD Johnson 11 Recovery after severe pancreatitis V Keim 12 Recurrent acute pancreatitis JBMJ Jansen, JPH Drenth CHRONIC PANCREATITIS I SECTION V: PATHOBIOLOGY OF CHRONIC PANCREATITIS Chair: G Kloeppel, D Whitcomb 13 Experimental models of pancreatic fibrogenesis MV Apte, JS Wilson 14 Gene mutations as a cause of chronic pancreatitis DC Whitcomb SECTION VI: CLINICALDIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION Chair: P Banks, L Gullo 15 To define chronic pancreatitis M Sarner 16 Diagnosis of early stages of chronic pancreatitis using computed tomography PC Freeny CHRONIC PANCREATITIS II SECTION VII: CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES OF THERAPY Chair: P Layer, J Moessner 17 Mechanisms of pain in chronic pancreatitis FS Lehmann, C Beglinger 18 Chronic pancreatitis: controversies in pain therapy, medical therapeutic options J Moessner 19 Chronic pancreatitis: endoscopic versus surgical procedures for pain relief N Alexakis, JP Neoptolemos SECTION VIII: TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS AND OUTCOME Chair: G Adler, PG Lankisch 20 Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency: rational treatment and its pathophysiological basis P Layer 21 Pancreatic enzyme therapy in cystic fibrosis M Stern, A Hofmann 22 Optimal control of diabetes mellitus in pancreatitis FJM Goeke, B Goeke 23 Chronic pancreatitis: precursor of carcinoma? AB Lowenfels, P Maisonneuve 24 Mortality and survival in chronic pancreatitis: a personal and international study S Bank, N Pooran, J Xie, R Brunner Index