Current Therapy in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Part of Current Therapy series, this third edition will provide essential information on treatment options for colorectal diseases in almost 100 succinct chapters. The focus is on practical clinical science; basic science has been excluded. Each of the chapters, arranged in 5 sections, are easy to read with a length, on average, of only 3 to 4 printed pages. Since the first edition published in 1990, readers have found this textbook to provide excellent preparation for the American Board of Surgery certification examinations. INDICE: Management of fecal incontinence Rectal stricture Management of fecal impaction Abdominal approaches to rectal prolapse Management of solitary rectal ulcer Rectocele management Rectal foreign bodies Management of sacral and retrorectal tumors Management of rectal villous tumors Evaluation of rectal cancer: assessment of operative risk strategy Cancer of the rectum: neoadjuvant therapy Cancer of the rectum: operative management Rectal cancer: local and transanal treatment Rectal cancer: local recurrence, resection, surgery and follow-up Management of perineal hernia SECTION III THE COLON Preoperative preparation and risk assessment of the patient for colon and rectal surgery Medical treatment of ulcerative colitis and other colitides Chronic ulcerative colitis: surgical options Management of acute toxic colitis and megacolon Pelvic pouch anastomotic complications and management Pouchitis and functional complications of the pelvic pouch The continent ileostomy: evolution, construction and management of complications Unhealed perineal wound Medical treatment of Crohn's disease Management of Crohn's colitis Perianal Crohn's disease: management Cecal ulcer Pseudomembranous colitis Cytomegalovirus ileocolitis and Kaposi's sarcoma in AIDS Diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis Diverticulitis and fistula: surgical treatment and complications Lower gastrointestinal bleeding Large bowel obstruction Volvulus of the colon Pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's syndrome) Management of the malignant polyp Treatment of colorectal adenomas: screening, follow-up and surveillance Molecular genetics of colorectal cancer Polyposis syndromes Desmoid tumors Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer Cancer of the appendix and pseudomyxoma peritonei management Surgical management of cancer of the colon Chemotherapy and adjuvant therapies for metastatic colon cancer Management of colorectal liver metastasis Resection of colorectal pulmonary metastases Management of non-epithelial colonic and rectal tumors, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors Management of colonic ischemia Management and Treatment of Colon and Rectal Trauma Endometriosis of the colon and rectum Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis Constipation SECTION IV SMALL INTESTINE Small bowel obstruction Medical management of short bowel syndrome Indications and management of intestinal transplant Crohn's disease of the duodenum, stomach, and esophagus Management of small bowel Crohn's disease Small bowel neoplasms Carcinoid tumors of the large and small bowel Enterocutaneous fistula: small and large bowel Acute and chronic mesenteric ischemia of small intestine Radiation enteritis and proctocolitis SECTION V COMPLICATIONS (AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS) Colorectal surgery in the high-risk patient Reoperative pelvic surgery Nutritional support in colorectal surgery Prevention and management of sepsis Management of anastomotic leak Complications of colonoscopy The management of hemorrhage during pelvic surgery Urologic complications of colorectal surgery Prevention and treatment of complications of laparoscopic intestinal surgery Prevention and management of stoma complications Stoma and wound considerations: nursing management Outcomes analysis and measurement of quality of life CPT coding in colorectal surgery Enhanced recovery pathways after colorectal surgery Managing complex ventral hernia during colorectal surgery

• ISBN: 978-0-323-28092-1
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 536
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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