New and controversial issues in the management of colorectal diseases
By: Theodore J. Saclarides, guest editor.
Contributors: Saclarides, Theodore J., 1956-
Series: Surgical clinics of North America -- v. 77, no. 1
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Philadelphia : b W.B. Saunders
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Colon (Anatomy) -- Diseases.; Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer -- Surgery.; Rectum -- Cancer -- Surgery.; Rectum -- Diseases.
Notes: "February 1997"

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Laparoscopic colectomy / Peter S. Paik and Robert W. Beart, Jr; value: Adjuvant radiation therapy for adenocarcinoma of the rectum / James W. Fleshman and Robert J. Myerson; value: Invasive therapy of metastatic colorectal cancer to the liver / Keith W. Millikan, Edgar D. Staren, and Alexander Doolas; value: The best operation for rectal prolapse / Lisa K. Jacobs, Yu Ju Lin, and Bruce A. Orkin; value: Preservation of the anus in the therapy of distal rectal cancers / Elizabeth Breen and Ronald Bleday.; value: Surgical options in ulcerative colitis / Ridzuan Farouk and John H. Pemberton; value: Rectovaginal fistulas: therapeutic options / Charles B.S. Tsang and David A. Rothenberger; value: Complicated anorectal sepsis / Robert Gilliland and Steven D. Wexner; value: The difficult perineal wound / Alberto Del Pino and Herand Abcarian; value: The genetics of colorectal cancer / James R. Howe and Jose G. Guillem; value: Surgical therapy for Crohn's disease of the colon and rectum / Victor W. Fazio and James S. Wu.; value: Adjuvant medical therapy for colorectal cancer / Enrique A. Diaz-Canton and Richard Pazdur; value: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery / Theodore J. Saclarides; value: The conumdrum of lower gastrointestinal bleeding / Richard P. Billingham; value: Angiogenesis in colorectal cancer / Theodore J. Saclarides; value: Radiation injuries of the gastrointestinal tract / Theodore J. Saclarides.