Diseases of the Colon spans the wide array of colorectal disorders including rectal prolapse, irritable bowel syndrome, benign and malignant colonic tumors, fissures and ulcers, and Crohn's colitis, among other ailments.

Features:

• Features nearly 40 chapters written by both gastroenterologists and a colorectal surgeons to provide multidisciplinary care strategies and recommendations
• Highlights core information using reader-friendly tables and summaries
• Supplies and abundance of surgical and endoscopic images for correct navigation and understanding of anatomical structures

Contents

1. Colonic Development, Embryology, Structure and Function
2. Colonic and Rectal Obstruction.
3. Incontinence
4. Rectal Prolapse
5. Constipation (including sigmoidocele, retocele)
6. Colonoscopy
7. Radiology of the Colon
8. Laparoscopic Surgery of the Colon
9. Anorectal Physiology Testing
10. Endoanal and Endorectal Ultrasound
11. Biofeedback for Pelvic Floor Disorders
12. Infectious Colitis
13. Pseudomembranous Colitis
14. Colon Ischemia
15. Radiation Injury to the Colon: Colopathy and Proctopathy
16. Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding
17. Vascular Disorders of the Colon
18. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
19. Diverticular Disease
20. Megacolon Pseudoobstruction (Ogilvie's Syndrome), Cathartic Colon - Laxative Abuse and Melanosis
21. Volvulus
22. Adenoma/Adenocarcinoma (excluding adenomatous polyposis)
23. Other Benign and Malignant Colonic Tumors
24. Intestinal Polyposis Syndromes and Hereditary Colorectal Cancer
25. Ulcerative Colitis
26. Crohn's Disease of the Colon
27. Other Colitides: Microscopic Colitis, Eosinophilic Colitis, and Neurtopenic Enterocolitis
28. Diversion Colitis and Pouchitis
29. Hemorrhoids
30. Anal Fissures, Ulcers and Stenosis
31. Fistulas-in-Ano and Abscesses
32. Anorectal Neoplastic Disorders
33. Miscellaneous Colonic Disorders
34. The Colon and Systemic Disease
35. Medications, Toxins and the Colon

Index

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