Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Hardcover)

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

This new edition describes scientific and clinical advances in the field of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It aims to deal with every aspect of IBD, including aetiology and pathogenesis, evaluation and classification, medical and surgical therapies. It provides information derived from clinical study, observation and innovative research in every chapter and presents guidelines on the evaluation and classification of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. It also integrates new therapeutic guidelines on the principles of induction, maintenance and sustained control as well as discussions of current indications for surgery, the latest surgical technologies and possible consequences of surgery.