Integrated Medical and Surgical Gastroenterology

This textbook covers the entire spectrum of both benign and malignant
gastrointestinal disorders. It is unique in its multidisciplinary approach and
focuses on practical issues in day-to-day clinical care.

The complexity of novel
diagnostic modalities and the great variety in therapeutic options, both
medically and surgically, require an integrated, multidisciplinary approach.
Therefore, each topic in this textbook is first discussed by two
gastroenterologists and subsequently by two digestive surgeons. If appropriate,
interventional radiologists, internists and pathologists have also contributed.
Specific subchapters on gastrointestinal malignancies have been added, written
by medical and radiation oncologists.

Nowadays, many hospitals and medical
schools change their infrastructure from discipline-oriented to
patient-/disease-oriented. In fact, this textbook describes what the medical
gastroenterologist should know about surgical gastroenterology and vice-versa. A
large number of drawings in full color helps the reader to get a clear picture
of many technical procedures.