Evaluation of diagnostics guidelines for hepatobiliary and pancreatic disease

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1 Introduction & Outline of the Thesis

2 Diagnostic laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasound for the staging of patients with malignant proximal bile duct obstruction

3 Value of CT criteria as prognostic factors for survival in patients with potentially resectable pancreatic carcinoma

4 Diagnostic laparoscopy in staging pancreatic carcinoma; developments during the past decade

5 Diagnostic workup and treatment of pancreatic carcinoma in the region of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Amsterdam

6 Reinterpretation of radiological imaging in patients referred to a tertiary referral center with a suspected pancreatic or hepatobiliary malignancy; impact on treatment strategy

7 Abolition of diagnostic laparoscopy for patients with a periampullary carcinoma; implementation of a new diagnostic strategy

8 Diagnostic workup and treatment of pancreatic carcinoma; implementation of a guideline for clinical care

9 Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in day-care; implementation of a guideline for clinical care

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Summary and Conclusions

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Dankwoord

CURRICULUM VITAE

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