This new edition provides the most up to date, state-of-the art review of current literature which provides an introduction to pelvic floor imaging, as well as a resource to be used during initial and more advanced practice.
This book provides an overview on the critical role of diagnostic imaging in the assessment of patients with suspected alimentary tract perforation, an emergent condition that requires prompt surgery.
Comprehensively covering various techniques such as ERCP, EUS, EST and lithotripsy, this book highlights innovative endoscopic surgical techniques for managing pancreatico-biliary.
Within the field of pediatric colorectal and pelvic reconstruction, the most complex anatomic problem a pediatric surgeon can face is that of a cloacal malformation.
Around a quarter of the world's population is affected by iron deficiency, and women of childbearing age as well as children and adolescents are considered a particular risk group.
This book, besides reviewing basic and clinical aspects of Behcet's disease, covers the latest findings, including genetic studies and treatment with biologics for the disease.
The nonsurgical management of gallstone disease has drawn widespread clinical interest during the last decade as ultrasound surveys have indicated that cholelithiasis is predom- inantly an asymptomatic condition and much more prevalent than previously thought.
This book discusses in detail the pathological aspects associated with alterations in the gut microbiota and the pathogenesis of different disorders related to dysbiosis.
Survival of patients with metastatic cancer has increased over the past two decades as a result of a progressive improvement of regional and systemic therapies.
This atlas, containing a wealth of clear operative images, is designed to enable trainee surgeons to visualise the surgical field for procedures specific to open colorectal surgery, thereby facilitating understanding and learning of surgical techniques and avoidance of intra- and postoperative complications.
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.
Research into gastrointestinal motility has received renewed interest in part due to recent advances in the techniques for measuring the structure and function of gastrointestinal cells, tissue and organs.
Weltweit gehören gastrointestinale Infektionen zu den häufigsten erregerbedingten Erkrankungen überhaupt und zählen zu den 10 häufigsten Todesursachen insbesondere bei Kindern.
Obesity is an epidemic - more than 40% of the United States population suffers from obesity and, as such, it has a high burden of weight-related conditions and diseases.
Cancer of the digestive system, which includes the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas and gall bladder, represents a major cause of cancer mor- bidity and mortality worldwide.
Zu den ersten Eingriffen als Operateur enthält dieses Buch für den Arzt in der Weiterbildung zum Allgemeinchirurgen zahlreiche Hinweise und Empfehlungen.
This text provides a comprehensive review of the cytology of disease processes of the mediastinum and mediastinal lymph nodes with emphasis in lung and gut nodal cancer staging in specimens obtained by EUS-FNA.
Probiotics in Pediatric Medicine provides clinicians a tool to understand the current evidence for the role of probiotics in various pediatric disorders related to the gastrointestinal as well as the extra-intestinal tract.
Neurogastroenterology is devoted to "e;study the interface of all aspects of the digestive system with the different branches of the nervous system"e;.
This fourth edition of Surgery of the Anus, Rectum and Colon continues to redefine the field, with its comprehensive coverage of common and rare colorectal conditions, advances in the molecular biology and genetics of colorectal diseases, and new laparoscopic techniques.
In dem vorliegenden Buch werden die derzeit wichtigen gastroenterologischen Funktionsuntersuchungen von erfahrenen Experten auf diesem Gebiet dargestellt.