Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Contents; 1: Historical Perspective and Treatments for Common Bile Duct Stones; Introduction; Historical Perspective and Treatments; Modern-Day Multidisciplinary Management; References; 2: Common Bile Duct Stones: Health Care Problem and Incidence; Introduction; The Burden of Gallstone Disease; Overall Gallstone Disease Burden; Pancreatitis Disease Burden; Cholangitis Disease Burden; Cost of Choledocholithiasis; Populations with the Highest Incidence of Biliary Stones; Ethnicity; Age; Gender, Pregnancy and Estrogen; Obesity; Diet and TPN.

Bariatric Surgery and Rapid Weight Loss Chronic Disease; Incidence of Stones Based on Location of Origin: Primary vs. Secondary; Primary Choledocholithiasis; Secondary Choledocholithiasis; Retained Choledocholithiasis; Conclusions; References; 3: Bile Duct Stones: Making the Radiologic Diagnosis; Biliary Anatomy; Imaging of the Biliary Tree; Detection of Choledocholithiasis; Diagnosis by Ultrasound Imaging; Diagnosis by CT; Diagnosis by MRI; Differential Diagnosis; Cholangiocarcinoma; Ampulla of Vater Carcinoma; Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma; Parasites; Mirizzi's syndrome.

Introduction Principles of Management; Risk Stratification; Preoperative Diagnostic Evaluation; Relevant Clinical Scenarios; Physical Examination Findings; Biochemical Tests; Ultrasound; Computed Tomography; Computed Tomography Cholangiography; Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography; Endoscopic Ultrasound; Intraoperative Diagnostic Evaluation; Intraoperative Cholangiography; Laparoscopic Ultrasound; Additional Considerations; Anatomic Findings; Putting It All Together; An Algorithmic Approach to the Patient with Suspected CBDS.