Colon and Rectal Surgery
Marvin L. Corman(Author)
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 1. July 1998
Book
Hardback
1440 pages
978-0-7817-1013-8 (ISBN)
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Description
Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 2001 & 2003Established for over 10 years as "the gold standard in its discipline" (JAMA), Dr. Corman's classic is now in its updated and expanded Fourth Edition. With 11 new contributing authors, 11 new chapters, and over 1,000 new illustrations, this edition is the most current, comprehensive, and abundantly illustrated text on colorectal surgery.The book provides complete coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of all disorders affecting the anus, rectum, and colon. New to the Fourth Edition are chapters on anatomy, embryology, and physiology of the anus, rectum, and colon; diet and drugs in colorectal surgery; flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy; setting up a colorectal physiology laboratory; analgesia; colorectal trauma; management of foreign bodies; colorectal manifestations of AIDS; laparoscopic-assisted colon and rectal surgery; and enterostomal therapy.The authors describe in precise detail complex anorectal and colon operations, particularly reconstructive surgery. Complementing the text are more than 1,400 illustrations, including 77 in full colour
Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 2001 & 2003Established for over 10 years as "the gold standard in its discipline" (JAMA), Dr. Corman's classic is now in its updated and expanded Fourth Edition. With 11 new contributing authors, 11 new chapters, and over 1,000 new illustrations, this edition is the most current, comprehensive, and abundantly illustrated text on colorectal surgery.The book provides complete coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of all disorders affecting the anus, rectum, and colon. New to the Fourth Edition are chapters on anatomy, embryology, and physiology of the anus, rectum, and colon; diet and drugs in colorectal surgery; flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy; setting up a colorectal physiology laboratory; analgesia; colorectal trauma; management of foreign bodies; colorectal manifestations of AIDS; laparoscopic-assisted colon and rectal surgery; and enterostomal therapy.The authors describe in precise detail complex anorectal and colon operations, particularly reconstructive surgery. Complementing the text are more than 1,400 illustrations, including 77 in full colour
Recommended in the Brandon/Hill selected list of print books and journals for the small medical library - April 2001 & 2003Established for over 10 years as "the gold standard in its discipline" (JAMA), Dr. Corman's classic is now in its updated and expanded Fourth Edition. With 11 new contributing authors, 11 new chapters, and over 1,000 new illustrations, this edition is the most current, comprehensive, and abundantly illustrated text on colorectal surgery.The book provides complete coverage of the diagnosis and treatment of all disorders affecting the anus, rectum, and colon. New to the Fourth Edition are chapters on anatomy, embryology, and physiology of the anus, rectum, and colon; diet and drugs in colorectal surgery; flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy; setting up a colorectal physiology laboratory; analgesia; colorectal trauma; management of foreign bodies; colorectal manifestations of AIDS; laparoscopic-assisted colon and rectal surgery; and enterostomal therapy.The authors describe in precise detail complex anorectal and colon operations, particularly reconstructive surgery. Complementing the text are more than 1,400 illustrations, including 77 in full colour
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
108 illustrations, (77 colour ) 65 tables, 1350halftones
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 64 mm
Weight
4380 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7817-1013-8 (9780781710138)
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Colon and Rectal Surgery
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Colon and Rectal Surgery
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Content
Anatomy and embryology of the anus, rectum and colon, Steven D. Wexner et al; physiology of the anus, rectum and colon, Eric J. Daniels; diet and drugs in colorectal surgery, John L. Petrini; evaluation and diagnostic techniques, Marvin L. Corman; flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy, Marvin L. Corman; setting up a colorectal physiology laboratory, Steven D. Wexner and Robert Gilliland; analgesia in colorectal surgery, Anthony M. Nygeres; haemorrhoids, Marvin L. Corman; anal fissure, Marvin L. Corman; anorectal abscess, Marvin L. Corman; anorectal fistula, Marvin L. Corman; rectovaginal and rectourethral fistulas, Marvin L. Corman; anal incontinence, Marvin L. Corman; colorectal trauma, Ronald M. Stewart and Daniel Rosenthal; management of foregin bodies, Marvin L. Corman; disorders of defecation, Marvin L. Corman; rectal prolapse, Marvin L. Corman; paediatric surgical problems, Alberto Pena; cutaneous conditions, Marvin L. Corman; colorectal manifestations of AIDS, Lester Gottesman; polypoid diseases, Marvin L. Corman; carcinoma of the colon, Marvin L. Corman; carcinoma of the rectum, Marvin L. Corman; malignant tumours of the anal canal, Marvin L. Corman; less common tumours and tumourlike manifestations of the colon, rectum and anus, Marvin L. Corman; diverticular disease, Marvin L. Corman; laparoscopic-assisted colon and rectal surgery, Jonathan M. Sackier; vascular diseases, Marvin L. Corman; ulcerative colitis, Marvin L. Corman; Crohn's disease and indeterminate colitis, Marvin L. Corman; intestinal stomas, Marvin L. Corman; enterostomal therapy, Victor W. Fazio; miscellaneous colitides, Marvin L. Corman.