Full Description
This book is both a lively introduction and a guidebook to those pioneers, most of them surgeons, who attempted to help their patients by extending the boundaries of their own knowledge and experience. In the 16 chapters of the book, an international group of authors have provided something of value to all those with an interest in surgical gastroenterology. Medical students and young trainees will come to understand the principles behind modern gastrointestinal surgery. Researchers will find insights and inspiration for their work and publications. Established surgeons and physicians will be rewarded with information that adds colour to their teaching, either on ward rounds or during formal lectures. Great care has been taken in choosing appropriate portraits and illustrations to bring these remarkable pioneers to life for the reader.
Contents
Early Origins of Anatomy and Surgery; The Battle Against Infection; The Changing Tides in Oesophageal Surgery; The Arrival of Bariatric Surgery; Gastroduodenal Surgery; Surgery of the Liver and Billiary Tree; Surgery of the Pancreas; The Challenges of Intestinal Obstruction; Intestinal Reconstruction; The Story of Appendicitis; The Surgery of Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Evolution of Surgery for Colorectal Cancer; The Anus and Peri-Anal Conditions; Alimentary Tract Disorders in Infants and Children.
