Biliary Diseases — Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Internal Medicine · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Abordaje exhaustivo de la fisiopatología, diagnóstico endoscópico/imagenológico y manejo terapéutico de la patología biliar, basado en las Guías de Tokyo (TG18), ASGE, EASL y AASLD.

What it covers

1. Biliary Diseases
2. Anatomy and Biliary Physiology
3. · Architecture of the Biliary Tree and Anatomical Variations
4. · Composition of Bile and Dynamics of Canalicular Transporters
5. · Enterohepatic Circulation of Bile Acids
6. Lithogenic Pathophysiology
7. · Types of Gallstones and Their Etiopathogenesis
8. Cholelithiasis and Biliary Colic
9. · Natural History of Cholelithiasis
10. · Biliary Colic (Uncomplicated Symptomatic)
11. · Diagnostic Imaging (Abdominal Ultrasound)
12. · Management of Symptomatic Cholelithiasis
13. Acute Cholecystitis
14. · Diagnostic Criteria (Tokyo Guidelines 2018 - TG18)
15. · Severity Stratification (TG18) and Therapeutic Implications
16. Special Cholecystitis and Complications
17. · Clinical-Pathological Variants with High Morbidity and Mortality
18. · Mirizzi syndrome
19. · Biliary Ileus
20. Choledocholithiasis and Risk Stratification
21. · Risk Stratification of Choledocholithiasis (ASGE Guidelines 2019)
22. Acute Cholangitis
23. · Classical Clinic
24. · Diagnostic Criteria (Tokyo Guidelines 2018 for Cholangitis)
25. · Stratification and Management of Cholangitis (TG18)
26. Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC)
27. · Molecular Immunopathogenesis
28. · Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis
29. · Therapeutic Algorithm in the CBP
30. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
31. · Pathogenesis: Migratory Lymphocyte and Microbiome Hypothesis
32. · Imaging and Laboratory Diagnosis
33. · The Oncological Terror: Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA)
34. · IgG4-Related Sclerosing Cholangitis (IgG4-SC)
35. · Limited Therapeutic Options
36. Polyps and Other Vesicular Disorders
37. · Types of Vesicular Polyps
38. · Vesicular Adenomyomatosis
39. Neoplasias: Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer
40. · Gallbladder Cancer
41. · Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA)
42. Functional Biliary Disorders
43. · Vesicular Functional Disorder (Vesicular Dyskinesia)
44. · Dysfunction of the Sphincter of Oddi (Biliary Type) — Rome IV
45. Surgical Complications and Benign Stenosis
46. · Postoperative Bile Leaks
47. · Major Biliary Tract Injuries (Strasberg-Bismuth Classification)
48. Endoscopy and Advanced Biliary Intervention
49. · Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
50. · Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Biliary Drainage (EUS-BD)
51. · Direct Oral Cholangioscopy (SpyGlass DS)