Gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery

This review book comprehensively covers most aspects of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).

We live in an era of personalized medicine and the knowledge about pathophysiology of diffuse gastric cancer has had many advances.

This text provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of Alagille syndrome.

This book gives a comprehensive overview of surgery that results in creating an ileoanal pouch or continent ileostomy.

This book emphasizes the clinical epidemiology of chronic liver diseases with a specific focus on the methodology of the discussed studies.

  This text captures the global standards of bariatric surgery practice at a time of change, excitement, and lots of controversy.

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

This book fills a void in the market for specialists who are working in areas without the support of gastroenterologists.

This book is a practical guide that will assist ENT doctors in interpreting swallowing videoendoscopies correctly and in choosing complementary instrumental examinations to consolidate or exclude their provisional diagnosis.

This book focuses on Barrett's Esophagus (BE), a clinical condition that must be evaluated in all patients affected by chronic GERD, and with an important link to esophageal cancer.

This book provides comprehensive and practical guidance for the management of esophageal cancer.

This pocket guide provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the pathogenesis, treatment, and management of Wilson disease.

This volume provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of gastrointestinal interventional radiology (IR).

This book offers one of the most comprehensive reviews in the field of gastrointestinal (GI) physiology, guiding readers on a journey through the complete digestive tract, while also highlighting related organs and glandular systems.

The book describes the current management of fecal incontinence from an advanced practice nursing perspective.

This book provides a comprehensive account of the pathogenesis and treatment of intestinal fibrosis, covering both the clinical and molecular aspects of the disease.

Reflux is an important factor in many different lung diseases and its manifestations are under recognised.

This book summarizes current knowledge and outlines directions for the future on how to improve the art of diagnosing colorectal cancer with emphasis on timeliness, one of the most vital issues in cancer management.

This revised and updated second edition explains how to analyze endoscopic mucosal biopsies of the ileum and colon.

This book aims to deepen collaboration between gastroenterologists and surgeons by providing endoscopists and gastroenterologists with a clear understanding of the anatomic alterations likely to be observed after bariatric surgery and acquainting bariatric surgeons with the possibilities offered by endoscopic treatment of obesity itself and of the complications associated with bariatric surgery.

This book is designed to present readers with comprehensive, high-quality research results on almost all aspects of this carcinoma in clinical management, from correct determination of the esophagogastric junction, issues on cardiac mucosa, epidemiology, and natural history, to clinical, endoscopic, and histopathologic features and diagnostic pitfalls of this carcinoma at both early and advanced stages.

The volume of endoscopic biopsies being performed continues to grow rapidly and they now represent one of the most common specimens encountered in routine surgical pathology practice.

This edition of the SAGES Manual of Hernia Surgery aligns with the current version of the new SAGES University MASTERS Program Hernia Surgery pathway.

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 book indicates the technique and fine points of the mini- and one-anastomosis gastric bypass, and looks at the means of revising other operations related to it.

This text provides a state-of-the art review of the gastrointestinal complications of diabetes, their pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic evaluation and management.

This book brings together all stages of the diagnosis and treatment of all complex esophageal disorders in a single volume.

This volume provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of hepatic encephalopathy.

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 comprehensive manual discusses the many aspects of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), providing relevant information along with practical guidance.

Morbid obesity is an epidemic as more than 2/3 of the United States population is obese and as such, has a high burden of weight-related co-morbid diseases.

 This text reviews the areas of colorectal surgery that are at the cutting edge of innovation, paradigm shift and controversy with regard to diagnosis, patient selection, treatment algorithm, and therapeutic approaches.

This is the second edition of a well-received book reflecting the state of the art in oncologic imaging research and promoting mutual understanding and collaboration between radiologists and clinical oncologists.

The second edition of this well-received book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description of the diagnosis and management of dysphagia, including oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal dysfunction.

This volume provides the most updated knowledge on the advancement of molecular pathogenesis, molecular diagnosis, and therapy development for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

This book summarizes current knowledge and outlines directions for the future on how to improve the art of diagnosing colorectal cancer with emphasis on timeliness, one of the most vital issues in cancer management.

The main purpose of this book is to create a reference for the indications, contraindications, patient selection, treatment practice, treatment side effect management, and follow-up of radionuclide treatments.

This book is a comprehensive and current guide to the diagnosis and treatment of the entire spectrum of anorectal diseases.

This second edition is an all-inclusive textbook with a unique algorithm-based approach to the evaluation and management of colorectal surgery disease.

This book is a practical guide on how best to incorporate advanced radiation therapy techniques into the multimodality treatment of a wide range of gastrointestinal tumors, including esophageal cancer, gastric cancer, hepatobiliary malignancies (primary and metastatic liver tumors, intrahepatic, perihilar, and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas, and gallbladder cancer), pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, and carcinoma of the anal canal.

This text is designed to present a comprehensive, up to date and safe approach to managing emergency general surgery patients with a minimally invasive approach.

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

This book aims to address the recent advances and controversies on the subject of hiatus hernia and antireflux surgery.

This book looks at the comprehensive management of all aspects of gallstone disease, from the epidemiology and pathogenesis to the complex management approaches required for some patients.

This book aims to equip readers with a sound understanding of the imaging strategies that are appropriate in children with acute abdominal conditions.

This text will provide a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of endoscopy in the management of the obese patient.

The fifth edition of this well-received book contains all the latest information on surgical techniques in abdominal hernia surgery and has been updated to reflect progress in robotic hernia surgery and minimally invasive approaches, as well as new materials used such as fully resorbable synthetic meshes.

This new edition provides a comprehensive overview of procedures for the gastrointestinal tract.

This book describes an up-to-date practical strategy for the use of endoscopy in the evaluation and management of pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) in children, discussing its epidemiology, pathophysiology diagnosis and treatments.