Description This issue of the Surgical Clinics of North America devoted to Biliary Surgery will include disucssions on the following topics: biliary
anatomy and embryology; lithogenesis and bile metabolism; biliary imaging; cholecystitis; open cholecystectomy; biliary injuries; common
bile duct exploration; disorders associated with gallstones; biliary dyskinesia; endoscopic evaluation of biliary disorders; biliary
cysts; sclerosing cholangitis; proximal biliary malignancy; distal biliary malignancy; and laparoscopic cholecystectomy.