Diverticular Disease
Management of the Difficult Surgical Case
Published on 1. December 1997
Book
Hardback
465 pages
978-0-683-08881-6 (ISBN)
Description
Diverticular disease is a difficult management problem for all physicians and its incidence is currently increasing. This text deals practically with the cases which may prove difficult for the surgeon. The approach is problem-oriented and designed to lead the surgeon step-by-step through patient selection, specific surgical procedures, pitfalls and complications and the preoperative case.
Diverticular disease is a difficult management problem for all physicians and its incidence is currently increasing. This text deals practically with the cases which may prove difficult for the surgeon. The approach is problem-oriented and designed to lead the surgeon step-by-step through patient selection, specific surgical procedures, pitfalls and complications and the preoperative case.
Diverticular disease is a difficult management problem for all physicians and its incidence is currently increasing. This text deals practically with the cases which may prove difficult for the surgeon. The approach is problem-oriented and designed to lead the surgeon step-by-step through patient selection, specific surgical procedures, pitfalls and complications and the preoperative case.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
328 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
1137 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-683-08881-6 (9780683088816)
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Content
Part 1 Selected patient populations: the immunocompromized patient problems; diverticulitis in the young; postoperative manoeuvres in the high risk ICU patient; changing patterns of diverticular disease. Part 2 Diagnostic dilemmas: abdominal pain and diverticulosis; ischaemic colitis versus diverticulitis; colon cancer versus diverticulitis; inflammatory bowel disease versus diverticulitis; colonic bleeding; recurrent sigmoid diverticulitis; radiologic work-up; small bowel obstruction. Part 3 Unusual problems: recurrent diverticulitis following resection; complications of duodenal diverticula; Meckel's diverticula; unusual presentations of diverticulitis; jejunal diverticula; giant diverticular; diverticulitis of transverse colon; cecal diverticulitis; liver abcess. Part 4 Technical problems: colovesical fistulas; colovaginal fistulas; coexistant conditions with diverticulitis; malignant diverticulitis; large bowel obstruction colon strictures; percutaneous drainage; subacute diverticulitis mesenteric abcess - anastomosis?; acute diverticulitis free perforation - anastomosis?; laparoscopy and laparoscopic resection; reanastomosis following Hartmann procedure; on-table lavage.