Advances in Obstructive Jaundice: Diagnosis and Treatment

In this edition we present the most common and important entities and diseases related with obstructive jaundice and provide the readers not only with the clinical and molecular advances but also to point out we are the future respective and what we will have to expect. We think that the presentation of the molecular basis of jaundice, the haemostasis impairment and immune dysfunction induced in obstructive jaundice helps in the deeper understanding of the benign and malignant diseases, their effects in the human body as well as in the value of the diagnostic modalities and the therapeutic strategies. Distinguished authors coming from many countries have contributed to this international edition presenting their experience, their arguments and their respectives.

Michael McMahon is a surgeon specialising in upper gastrointestinal surgery, particularly the pancreas and biliary tract. Professor McMahon was a lecturer and senior registrar and subsequently a senior lecturer, reader and professor of surgery before becoming a consultant surgeon. He currently holds positions as a Consultant General and Laparoscopic Surgeon, a Senior Lecturer in Surgery, and Assistant Director of the Leeds University Department of Surgery.