10.1055/b-0038-162882 11 Benign Biliary Strictures Baljendra S. Kapoor and Eunice Moon 11.1 Introduction Benign biliary strictures can be caused by multiple conditions. Most commonly, benign biliary strictures are associated with…
10.1055/b-0038-162877 6 Management of Complications of Portal Hypertension: Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration, Plug-Assisted Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration, Coil-Assisted Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration, and Balloon-Assisted Antegrade Transvenous Obliteration Murthy R. Chamarthy and Sanjeeva…
10.1055/b-0038-162880 9 Interventional Management of Benign Refractory Ascites Louis G. Martin 9.1 Introduction Those of us who saw the movie Amadeus will never forget the opening scene of the carriage…
10.1055/b-0038-162876 5 Management of Complications of Portal Hypertension: Special Considerations Rex M. Pillai, Mark J. Sands, and Baljendra S. Kapoor 5.1 Introduction The role of interventional radiology in managing the…
10.1055/b-0038-162874 3 Portal Hypertension Robert O′Shea and Rachel Abou Mrad 3.1 Introduction The term “portal hypertension” was first credited to Gilbert and Villaret in 1906 in research studies performed to…
10.1055/b-0038-162873 2 Imaging of Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage and Acute Mesenteric Ischemia Siva P. Raman and Elliot K. Fishman 2.1 Introduction Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) now serves as the first-line imaging modality…
10.1055/b-0038-162872 1 Intraprocedural Imaging and Navigational Tools in Digestive Disease Interventions Stephen R. Lee, Raul N. Uppot, and Suvranu “Shoey” Ganguli 1.1 Introduction Since its birth in 1964, the specialty…
10.1055/b-0038-162875 4 Management of Complications of Portal Hypertension: Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) Anthony M. Esparaz and Nicholas Fidelman 4.1 Introduction In the more than 20 years of clinical research…
10.1055/b-0039-166440 3 Coronal Sections Fourteen coronal sections have been described in this part of the book from anterior to posterior. ▶Fig. 3.1 describes the position of coronal sections; ▶Fig. 3.2,…
10.1055/b-0039-166444 7 Topography of the Cranium, Intracranial Spaces, and Contained Structures 7.1 Cranial Vault Five bones form the cranial vault, the neurocranium: Occipital bone Sphenoid Paired temporal bones Frontal bone…
