Title: Current therapy in colon and rectal surgery
Description: In the tradition of the Current Therapy series, this volume offers a "quick consultation with the experts" on contemporary treatment approaches in colon and rectal surgery. New chapters include coverage of anal carcinoma; anorectal pain syndromes; fecal impaction; rectocele; preoperative evaluation of the rectal cancer patient; pouchitis and complications of the pelvic pouch; diverticulitis; molecular biology of colorectal cancer and implications for therapy; management of the malignant polyp; pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer; acute and chronic ischemia of the small bowel, and more.
Subjects: Surgery, Colon, Rectal Diseases, Colonic Diseases, Rectum, Rectum, surgery, Colon (anatomy), surgery, Colon (Anatomy)