Gastrointestinal & Colorectal Surgery

Since general surgeons first started performing laparotomies in the late 1880''s, acquired hernias and abdominal wall defects have become a surgica...

Paediatric gastrointestinal endoscopy has been greatly improving since its introduction and it is continuously evolving due to the tools'' improvem...

An easy to follow step-by-step guide to the most useful surgical skills from knot tying to simple procedures. Illustrated with colour photographs a...

A hernia is defined as a protusion or projection of an organ or a part of an organ through the body wall that normally contains it. The risk for in...

The first laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy for gastric cancer was performed in Japan in 1991. In the ensuing 20 years, at first through a process o...

The world-wide problem of obesity has increased to epidemic proportions over the last several decades and continues to grow. Obesity is now a leadi...

This monograph covers the medical, psychological and biological features of bariatric surgery. From a multidisciplinary view, important aspects bot...

Cholecystecomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. It is the definitive treatment for symptomatic gallstones and non-neoplastic gallbladder...

In the preface to this impressive and well-produced book, the editors state that their aim is not to describe a new surgical specialty, since most ...