Meet the editors

Qiang Yan, MD, is a master's supervisor, adjunct professor, and *Fellow of the American College of Surgeons* (FACS). He is the chairman of the Department of General Surgery and the director of the Department of Hepatopancreatic and Biliary Surgery and Department of Surgery Teaching and Research, Zhejiang University Huzhou Hospital. Dr. Yan is a member of the Committees of Biliary Surgeons, Department of Surgeons

and Hepatobiliary Minimal of Non-invasive Surgery, Chinese Medical Doctor Association, and many other academic associations. He is also a special member of the editorial committees of the *Chinese Journal of General Surgery*, *Liver Cancer*, and *Chinese Journal of Clinicians*. He is a participant in the High-Level Talents of Zhejiang Medicine and Zhejiang Province 151 Talents. Dr. Yan completed advanced studies in hepatobiliary pancreatic surgery at Stanford University Medical Center, California, and *University Hospital Regensburg, Germany.* He has more than thirty high-quality papers to his credit.

Huaping Shen is an associate chief of the Department of Hepatopancreatic and Biliary (HPB) Surgery, Zhejiang University Huzhou Hospital. He has been engaged in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery for 10 years and is an expert in diagnosis and treatment of hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases. Dr. Shen has ten medical papers to his credit and has participated in seven research projects.

Contents

Gall Stones in Pediatric Population

Minimally Invasive Treatment for Cholelithiasis

Routine and Innovation in Surgical Therapy of Gallstones *by Peter Dubovan, Ramadan Aziri and Miroslav Tomáš*

*by Hema Prakash Kumari Pilli and Vijayalakshmi Payala*

The Role of Endoscopic Ultrasound in Acute Cholecystitis *by Cosmas Rinaldi A. Lesmana and Laurentius A. Lesmana*

*by Giovanni Petracca, Francesco Zappia, Maccarone Giuseppe, Mazzeo Mariano, Mio Francesco, Fabrizio Silvaggio, Mileto Ivana,* 

*by Mela Ram Attri, Irshad Ahmad Kumar, Ferkhand Mohi Ud Din,* 

*Plutino Francesco, Posterino Antonietta and Danilo Cafaro*

*by Nida Mirza Shaikh*

*by Hirotaka Okamoto*

Infections of Biliary Tract

Acute Alitasic Cholecystitis

Pathophysiology of Gallstones

*Ashiq Hussain Raina and Aakarshit Attri*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 15**

**Chapter 3 27**

**Chapter 4 51**

**Chapter 5 69**

**Chapter 6 77**

**Chapter 7 85**
