| Description |
xvi, 265 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
1. Definitions and epidemiology of constipation / John F. Johanson -- 2. Etiology of congenital colorectal disease / Massarat Zutshi and Tracy L. Hull -- 3. Etiology of acquired colorectal disease : constipation / Peter J. Deveaux and Susan Galandiuk -- 4. Extracolonic causes of constipation / Noel R. Fajardo and Lawrence A. Szarka -- 5. Initial evaluation of constipation / J. Marcio N. Jorge -- 6. Constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome / Eli D. Ehrenpreis -- 7. Methods to measure small-bowel and colonic transit / Hack Jae Kim and Michael Camilleri -- 8. Anorectal manometry and the rectoanal inhibitory reflex / Johann Pfeifer and Lucia Oliveira -- 9. Defecography : technique, interpretation, and current use / Arden M. Morris and Susan C. Parker -- 10. Compliance and manovolumetry / Olof J. Hallbook and Rune I. Sjodahl -- 11. Electromyography and pudendal nerve terminal motor latency / Anders F. Mellgren, Jan Zetterstrom and Bengt Yngve Nilsson -- 12. Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear imaging / Adil E. Bharucha, Joel G. Fletcher and John H. Pemberton -- 13. Biofeedback for constipation / Dawn E. Vickers -- 14. Medical treatment of constipation / Raymond B. Sandler, Benjamin Person and Ramu Raju -- 15. Surgical treatment of colonic inertia / Shing W. Wong and David Z. Lubowski -- 16. Botulinum toxin and other new pharmacologic approaches to constipation / Thanesan Ramalingam and Neil J. Mortensen -- 17. Sacral nerve stimulation / Ezio Ganio, Luc Alberto Realis, Giuseppe Clerico and Mario Trompetto -- 18. Surgical treatment of rectocele : colorectal approaches / Guillermo O. Rosato and Carlos M. Lumi -- 19. Surgical treatment of rectocele : gynecologic approaches / G. Willy Davila -- 20. Perineal procedures for rectal prolapse / Richard E. Karulf and Karim Alavi -- 21. Constipation and rectal prolapse / Michael R. B. Keighley -- 22. Laparoscopic surgery for rectal prolapse / Ara Darzi and Yaron Munz -- 23. Antegrade continents colonic conduit / Marc A. Gladman, S. Mark Scott and Norman S. Williams -- 24. Surgical treatment of Hirschsprung's disease / Alberto Pena and Marc A. Levitt -- 25. Chagasic megacolon / Helio Moreira, Joffre M. de Rezende, Helio Moreira, Jr. and Jose Paulo T. Moreira -- 26. Surgical treatment of puborectalis hypertrophy / De-hong Yu and Hei-ying Jin |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Constipation.
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| Author |
Wexner, Steven D.
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Duthie, Graeme.
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| LC no. |
2005936336 |
| ISBN |
1852337249 hardback |
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