Gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery

The latest edition of this essential text provides a comprehensive overview of the unique pediatric issues of inflammatory bowel disease.

This up-to-date, hands-on manual offers clear guidance on contouring and treatment planning for both standard and advanced radiation therapy in patients with gastrointestinal cancers and simultaneously draws together the available relevant clinical data for each type of cancer with a view to driving treatment recommendations.

Vaccines have historically been considered to be the most cost-effective method for preventing communicable diseases.

This clinical casebook provides a comprehensive yet concise state-of-the-art review of pancreatic disease.

The crucial role played by calcium as a cellular messenger has become increasingly evident, as has the recognition that cells spend much energy in maintaining the cytosolic concentration of this cation both constant and low.

Dieses Buch vermittelt die optimale Grundlage für die Ausbildung und Praxis in der ganzheitlichen und kausalen Diagnostik und Therapie nach F.

This is a new reference edited by two leading authorities in the field of minimally invasive surgery that differentiates itself from other similar titles by providing a stronger emphasis on incorporating newer technologies.

Type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) are highly versatile membrane-associated transporter machines used by Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria to deliver substrate molecules to a large variety of target cells.

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of common disorders affecting the pancreas and the bile duct.

This book presents up-to-date, practically oriented information on major topics in chronic hepatitis B.

This book is an ideal introduction to the use of radiology in imaging diseases of the liver, gallbladder and biliary system, pancreas, spleen, and gastrointestinal tract.

This book is a comprehensive guide to extracorporeal stone wave lithotripsy (ESWL) that includes a step-by-step approach for treating every possible kidney stone position.

This Handbook is an indispensable guide for the multidisciplinary management of eating disorders.

This unique guide describes colorectal surgery procedures using medical terminology and anatomical terms originating from embryology.

This book discusses the management of variceal bleeding in liver cirrhosis, covering a wide range of topics, including epidemiology, mechanism, diagnosis and monitoring, prophylaxis, treatment, and prognostic assessment.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) are complex diseases, which are subject to numerous medical researches.

This book describes the pathways of dissemination of primary liver, biliary, and pancreatic neoplasms and proposes a practical and clinically driven approach to their imaging.

Cell surface receptors are multifunctional proteins with binding sites towards the external environment and effector sites which mediate intracellular events.

Endoscopy has revolutionized clinical gastroenterology.

In recent years there have been a number of significant developments of natural products for the treatment of rheumatic diseases, pain and gastro-intestinal ulcers and inflammation.

A unique revision guide aimed at candidates preparing for the MRCS examinations.

During his years at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dr.

Whereas during the past decade endoscopy has become established as the leading means of diagnosis and management of diseases affecting the esophagus, starnach and large bowel, radiology has retained its pre-eminence for the clinical study and evaluation of the small bowel.

This highly informative monograph offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary reference guide for the management and treatment of the whole spectrum of painful tears in the anus and anal canal.

Das Buch gibt eine umfassende Darstellung zur Diagnose, präoperativen Staging und Vorbereitung, chirurgischen Behandlung, Zusatztherapie (Radio/Chemotherapie, Immuntherapie) sowie Nachsorge und Rehabilitation von Tumoren des Oesphago-Gastrointestinaltraktes, der Leber und der Bauchspeicheldrüse.

Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery, Second Edition is fully revised and updated and reflects an authoritative, team-oriented approach to the latest state-of-the-art laparoscopic colorectal procedures and surgical techniques.

As chairman of the European Association of Nuclear Medi- cine (EANM) 2001 annual meeting, I tried to reach two goals: a "e;universal nuclear medicine"e; congress where all people could speak and learn using the same language, and a full exploration of the possibility of making a diagnosis through global imaging.

This book addresses practical issues that reflect the current landscape of GI pathology practice and is organized in such a way that fits the fast-pacing daily life of practicing pathologists.

This new edition is a comprehensive, yet concise text that provides current treatment protocols and practical pharmacological information for GI Disease.

This extensively revised second edition of this essential work provides a comprehensive overview of Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) in children.

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The Clinician's Guide to Swallowing Fluoroscopy is a comprehensive resource for all dysphagia clinicians.

This text offers an up-to-date, evidence-based overview of a challenging disease, which affects one in ten women and is often compounded by delayed diagnosis and significant impact on quality of life.

Molecular Genetics of Colorectal Neoplasia A Primer for the Clinician provides the latest information on the genetics of colorectal cancer within a context of basic genetics, describing the subject in understandable language and making it clinically relevant.

During the years that have intervened since the third volume of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals, Digestive System, was published, new information of interest to pathologists has developed at a rather remarkable pace.

Written by many of the world's leading colorectal surgeons, this evidence-based text investigates the risks and benefits of colorectal surgeries.

Interventional Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Endoscopic Management and Treatment of Complications covers the preparation, principle, techniques, and damage control of complications in endoscopic therapy, providing the ultimate guidance in endoscopic management of IBD.

"e;A decade of diagnostic efforts in pancreatic diseases (1985-1995)"e; The diagnostic access to the pancreas was revolutionized two decades ago by the advent of endoscopic retrograde pancreatography, ultrasound, and com- puted tomography.

In observing the development of modern scientific knowledge, many indivi- duals have expressed concern over the rapid growth of information in various specialized disciplines.

This multiauthored text provides information on the pathophysiology of GERD, appropriate medical management, and proper indications for and performance of surgical and endoscopic procedures for GERD.

Peritoneal malignancy is a rapidly growing field within surgical oncology.

Due to the latest developments in magnetic resonance imaging for the evaluation of liver pathology, a second, completely revised and enlarged edition of this book was felt necessary - despite only three years having elapsed since the first edition.