The IASGO Textbook of Multi-Disciplinary Management of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Diseases
Ionel CâmpeanuBook review, no. 4, 2022
Article DOI: 10.21614/chirurgia.2781
It is a great pleasure to present to the readers of Chirurgia Journal the textbook recently published (May 2022) by the prestigious Springer Publishing House, titled "The IASGO Textbook of Multi-Disciplinary Management of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Diseases", with wide international authorship and edited by Prof. M. Makuuchi, outstanding personality in the field of liver surgery, liver transplantation and the current president of the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists, and Oncologists (IASGO).
In addition, among the six associate editors of the world's medical elite (N. Kokudo, J. Belghiti, Ho-Seong Han, K. Takaori, Dan C. Duda) is also prof. Irinel Popescu, a prominent representative of modern hepatobiliopancreatic surgery and promoter of liver transplantation in Romania.
The textbook comprises 70 chapters totaling 540 pages and was written by 175 specialists, 18 of them (mostly from the Fundeni Clinical Institute) participated in the writing of 9 chapters. As the first textbook of IASGO, this is a tribute to Prof. Nikolaus Lygidakis, founding father of the IASGO in Amsterdam in 1988.
In addition, among the six associate editors of the world's medical elite (N. Kokudo, J. Belghiti, Ho-Seong Han, K. Takaori, Dan C. Duda) is also prof. Irinel Popescu, a prominent representative of modern hepatobiliopancreatic surgery and promoter of liver transplantation in Romania.
The textbook comprises 70 chapters totaling 540 pages and was written by 175 specialists, 18 of them (mostly from the Fundeni Clinical Institute) participated in the writing of 9 chapters. As the first textbook of IASGO, this is a tribute to Prof. Nikolaus Lygidakis, founding father of the IASGO in Amsterdam in 1988.
