Recent advances in the management of benign and malignant colorectal diseases
By: guest editors, Robin P. Boushey, Patricia L. Roberts.
Contributors: Boushey, Robin P.; Roberts, Patricia L. 1957-
Series: The Surgical clinics of North America -- v. 86, no. 4
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Phildelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1101
Subjects: Colon (Anatomy) -- Diseases.; Colon (Anatomy) -- Surgery.
Notes: "August, 2006."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Clinical implications of our advancing knowledge of colorectal cancer genetics: inherited syndromes, prognosis, prevention, screening and therapeutics / Robert Gryfe; title: Update on imaging of colorectal cancer / Christoph Wald ... [et al.]; title: Advances in gastrointestinal endoscopic techniques / David E. Beck; title: Laparoscopic colon surgery: past, present and future / Guillaume Martel and Robin P. Boushey; title: Laparoscopic rectal surgery: rectal cancer, pelvic pouch surgery, and rectal prolapse / Robert P. Akbari and Thomas E. Read; title: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery / Peter A. Cataldo; title: Robotics in colorectal surgery: telemonitoring and telerobotics / Richard M. Satava; title: New techniques in the treatment of common perianal diseases: stapled hemorrhoidopexy, botulinum toxin, and fibrin sealant / Marc Singer and Jose Cintron; title: Novel approaches in the treatment of fecal incontinence / Benjamin Person, Orit Kaidar-Person, and Steven D. Wexner.; title: Advanced laparoscopic skills acquisition: the case of laparoscopic colorectal surgery /  Eric C. Poulin, Jean Pierre Gagné, and Robin Boushey; title: Evolving techniques in the treatment of liver colorectal metastases: role of laparoscopy, radiofrequency ablation, microwave coagulation, hepatic arterial chemotherapy, indications and contraindications for resection, role of transplantation, and timing of chemotherapy / Bridget N. Fahy and William R. Jarnagin; title: New agents, combinations, and opportunities in the treatment of advanced and early-stage colon cancer / Neela Natarajan and Todd D. Schuster; title: New therapies for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease / Bruce E. Sands; title: Palliating patients who have unresectable colorectal cancer: creating the right framework and salient symptom management / Geoffrey P. Dunn.