Colo-Proctology

Chapter 1 Ischaemic Damage to the Distal Bowel Following Angioplastic Surgery for Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm or Aorto-Ilio-Femoral Obstruction (Leriche’s Syndrome)

Chapter 2 The Colonic Microcirculation

Chapter 3 Why is Mortality still so high in Ischaemic Bowel Disease?

Chapter 4 Vasopressin and Blood Flow in the Canine Colon

Chapter 5 Mesenteric Vessel Obstruction and Oral Contraceptives

Chapter 6 Successful Treatment of Acute Mesenteric Ischaemia

Chapter 7 Elective Colonic Resection for Ischaemic Strictures

Chapter 8 Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome. The Experience of Sixteen Patients

Chapter 9 Leiomyomata and Leiomyosarcomata of the Rectum and Anal Canal

Chapter 10 Desmoid Disease Associated with Adenomatous Polyposis. One Hospital’s Experience of Twenty-three Patients

Chapter 11 Monoclonal Antibodies against Carcinoembryonic Antigen for the Detection of Human Colon Carcinoma by Immunoscintigraphy

Chapter 12 Asymptomatic Faecal Occult Blood Screening: A Practical Solution to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Colorectal Cancer?

Chapter 13 The Value of Cytology in the Diagnosis of Colonic Cancer

Chapter 14 The Value of CEA as a Determinant of Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer

Chapter 15 Causes of Delay in the Early Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer

Chapter 16 The Ultrasonic Imaging of the Rectum

Chapter 17 Surgical Treatment and Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer. Report on 1357 Cases

Chapter 18 Multidisciplinary Approach of Anal Canal Epidermoid Carcinoma

Chapter 19 Liquid Nitrogen in Palliative Treatment of Low Rectal and Anal Carcinoma

Chapter 20 New Prospects in the Management of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anal Canal

Chapter 21 Abnormalities of Anorectal Function in Patients with Chronic Constipation who are Unable to Defaecate

Chapter 22 Defaecography

Chapter 23 The Electromyography of the External Sphincter Muscle in Supercontinent and Incontinent Patients

Chapter 24 Parks’ Per-Anal Repair of Recto-Prostatic Fistula

Chapter 25 Restorative Proctocolectomy with Ileal Reservoir

Chapter 26 Healing of the Perineal Wound after Intersphincteric Dissection of the Rectum for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Chapter 27 Prevention of Anastomotic Leakage in Colorectal Surgery: Results of a Prospective Randomised Double-Blind Trial of Aprotinin (Trasylol) in Colonic Surgery

Chapter 28 The Parasacral Approach for Rectal Prolapse

Chapter 29 A Prospective Randomised Trial to Compare Mezlocillin and Metronidazole with Cefuroxime and Metronidazole as Prophylaxis in Elective Colorectal Operations

Chapter 30 Ten-Year’s Experience with a Modified Whitehead Haemorrhoidectomy

Chapter 31 Why Do Patients with Haemorrhoids Benefit from Lord’s Procedure?

Chapter 32 A Simple Combined Clinical and Laboratory Index of Crohn’s Disease

Chapter 33 Iatrogenic Lesions of the Rectum