Gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery

A fine team of state-of-the-art researcher/clinicians who know their fields, have contributed to the advancement of knowledge, and are in a position to judge what is truly important have here pooled their thoughts in a series of chapters on the cutting edges of gastroenterology.

Dietary therapy has always been important to medical practice even if it has more often been sacramental than physiological in effect.

This new handbook teaches and explains the key principles in the management of complex pediatric colorectal diagnoses.

Endoscopic Therapy is emerging as the preferred therapy for early neoplasia in Barrett's Esophagus.

This book is useful to understand and write alongside non-human agents, examine the impact of algorithms and AI on writing, and accommodate relationships with autonomous agents.

The impetus for this book came from the recent appearance of single specialty books pertaining to reoperative surgery on various organs in the pelvis, as well as from the recognition that several different disciplines are involved with the challenges of reoperative pelvic surgery.

This volume provides readers with the necessary information to select the most appropriate nutritional support following gastrointestinal tract surgery.

Gastrointestinal Surgery: Pathophysiology and Management is an invaluable reference text for surgeons and surgical trainees.

The acute abdomen often perplexes the expert as well as the young physician.

Celiac Disease is an authoritative text intended to educate healthcare practitioners, gastroenterologists, physicians and nutritionists about the diverse manifestations, complications and management of gluten-sensitive enteropathy.

Diagnostic ultrasound is changing dramatically because of the development of a variety of high resolution real-time scanning instruments.

Mesenteric-based gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery has been practiced internationally for over a century.

A substantial body of literature exists on functional gastrointestinal disorders in children and on the bio-psycho-social model of clinical practice.

This atlas, containing a wealth of clear operative images, is designed to enable trainee surgeons to visualise the surgical field for procedures specific to laparoscopic colorectal surgery, thereby facilitating understanding and learning of surgical techniques and avoidance of intra- and postoperative complications.

This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of dysphagia.

Short Bowel Syndrome: Practical Approach to Management is the first reference exclusively about the issues experienced by patients with a short bowel.

Ten years have elapsed since the printing of the second edition of this book.

A child presents with weight loss, fatigue, and stomach pain.

A clinician's guideline for intra-abdominal infections written by experts in the field.

The ASCRS Textbook of Surgery of the Colon and Rectum offers a comprehensive textbook designed to provide state of the art information to residents in training and fully trained surgeons seeking recertification.

Manual of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques for Disorders of Deglutition is the first in class comprehensive multidisciplinary text to encompass the entire field of deglutition.

This book presents and describes the various uses of gastric bypass in bariatric and metabolic surgery and outlines the different techniques currently available.

Nutritional support of people with gastrointestinal impairment is critical to treatment and ultimately successful management.

This book is the first to provide balanced examination of both pediatric liver disease and liver transplantation - two topics that are inherently related, given that most chronic liver disorders eventually require organ replacement.

With a focus on practical patient related issues, Autoimmune Hepatitis: A Guide for Practicing Clinicians serves as a useful practical, and much needed, resource for all those physicians presented with managing patients diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis, both acutely and over the long term.

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.

Hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery is now firmly established within the repertoire of modern general surgery.

This volume covers the myriad of functional and motility gastrointestinal disorders in a comprehensive manner.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a straightforward abdominal surgery performed worldwide, which can occasionally be mired with life-threatening complications when the safety principles are flouted.

A concise, practical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of liver disease.

Over a decade has elapsed since the last volume in this series was published.

This volume educates physicians on the basic knowledge of ESD, from indication of this technique to assessing suitability and technical aspects of each important step.

Causes and Control of Colorectal Cancer: A Model for Cancer Prevention is a ground- breaking monograph which takes a global, multidisciplinary approach to the causes, carcinogenesis and control of colorectal cancer.

This book provides an updated and comprehensive overview of cough, while opening new perspectives for their treatment and management.

Liver disease has been identified as a leading cause of death in HIV-infected patients since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in 1996.

Once again the gastroenterologists of northwestern Canada have come out with a series of essays advancing important modem concepts.

Biomechanics of the Gastrointestinal Tract is an up-to-date book for researchers on the study of the mechanical properties and the motor system of the gastrointestinal tract.

Over the last two decades, obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the world, resulting in suffering and premature death.

Chronic Hepatitis C Virus: Lessons from the Past, Promise for the Future documents the monumental advances that have been made in our understanding of chronic HCV during the past decade.

Cancer of the rectum continues to be a significant health problem in industrialized co- tries around the world.

Acute and chronic viral hepatitis infections are serious public health threats around the world.

This clinical casebook provides a comprehensive yet concise state-of-the-art review of gluten-associated disorders.

This book provides essential didactic content for the SAGES University Masters Program Colorectal Surgery Curriculum.

The obesity epidemic has generated immense interest in recent years due to the wide-ranging and significant adverse health and economic consequences that surround the problem.

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 excellent textbook provides up-to-date information on all aspects of pelvic floor disorders.

The latest system based addition to the At a Glance series, The Gastrointestinal System at a Glance is a concise and integrated text on the gastrointestinal system.