Non-Neoplastic Diseases of the Anorectum: An Interdisciplinary Approach / Edition 1

by P. Frïhmorgen, H.-P. Bruch

Overview

Hardly any other part of the human body is of such interdisciplinary interest as the anal, perianal and rectal region. Gastroenterologists, dermatologists, urologists, general practitioners and surgeons specialising in proctology, phlebology, and coloproctological surgery are involved in this region between the ectoderm, transitional zone, and entoderm.
Diagnostic procedures, such as endoscopy, radiology, sonography, manometry, electromyography, and histopathology are even more diverse, in particular where the differential diagnosis of non-neoplastic conditions of the anorectal region is concerned.
The Falk Symposium No. 118, held in Freiburg, Germany, on October 1-2, 2000, focused on the morphology and function of the pelvic floor and its dysfunction, radiation damage in proctology, haemorrhoidal complaints, and chronic inflammatory rectal diseases, as well as conditions of the anal and perianal region.
These proceedings will be of interest to all research physicians and colleagues working in hospitals or in their own practice who are involved in the diagnosis and treatment of anorectal pathologies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792387664
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	06/30/2001
Series:	Falk Symposium , #118
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

	List of Principal Contributors	ix
	Preface	xi
Section I	Pelvic Floor Disorders
1	The pelvic floor--morphology	3
2	Pathophysiology of the pelvic floor	12
3	Intrinsic innervation and innervational abnormalities of the colorectum--from morphology to molecular genetics	26
Section II	Dysfunction of the Pelvic Floor
4	Endosonography in benign anorectal disorders	41
5	Radiological imaging studies of the pelvic floor	52
6	Dysfunction of the pelvic floor--neurological and neurophysiological diagnostics	61
7	Pelvic floor dysfunction--conservative management	69
8	Surgical therapy of pelvic floor disorders	88
Section III	Radiation Damage in Proctology
9	Radiation sequelae in proctology: a radiotherapist's statement	97
10	Radiation damage in proctology--gastroenterology	102
11	Radiation injuries in urology	105
Section IV	Inflammatory Diseases of the Anorectum
12	Immunopathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease	109
13	The role of laboratory tests in inflammatory bowel disease	117
14	Inflammatory diseases of the anorectum: diagnostic procedures: endoscopy and other imaging	125
15	What can we expect from rectal endosonography in inflammatory bowel diseases?	139
16	Established conservative treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases	147
17	Efficacy, tolerance, and acceptance of 5-aminosalicylic acid foam in the treatment of distal ulcerative colitis	151
18	Budesonide foam in the treatment of proctosigmoiditis	159
19	Therapeutic strategies for managing inflammatory diseases of the anorectum: 6-MP, cyclosporin, methotrexate and anti-TNF[alpha]	162
20	Inflammatory diseases of the anorectum: surgical therapy	167
Section V	Diseases of the Anal and Perianal Region
21	Non-surgical haemorrhoidal therapy	181
22	The anal fissure--conventional therapy	192
23	Treatment of anal fissure with botulinum toxin-A	197
24	Fistula-in-ano	205
25	Therapy of perianal fistulas associated with Crohn's disease	218
26	Perianal eczema	226
27	Diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of faecal incontinence in the protological practice	231
	Index	241