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The ASCRS Textbook of Surgery of the Colon and Rectum offers a comprehensive textbook designed to provide state of the art information to residents in training and fully trained surgeons seeking recertification. The textbook also supports the mission of the ASCRS to be the world’s authority on colon and rectal disease. The combination of junior and senior authors selected from the membership of the ASCRS for each chapter will provide a comprehensive summary of each topic and allow the touch of experience to focus and temper the material. This approach should provide the reader with a very open minded, evidence based approach to all aspects of colorectal disease. Derived from the textbook, The ASCRS Manual of Surgery of the Colon and Rectum offers a “hands on” version of the textbook, written with the same comprehensive, evidence-based approach but distilled to the clinical essentials. In a handy pocket format, readers will find the bread and butter information for the broad spectrum of practice. In a consistent style, each chapter outlines the condition or procedure being discussed in a concise outline format – easy to read, appropriately illustrated and referenced.
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The ASCRS Manual of Colon and Rectal Surgery
The ASCRS Manual of Colon and Rectal Surgery David E. Beck Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA
Patricia L. Roberts Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, USA
John L. Rombeau Department of Surgery, Temple University Hospital, PA, USA
Michael J. Stamos Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA, USA
Steven D. Wexner Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA
Editors David E. Beck Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans, LA 70121, USA John L. Rombeau Department of Surgery Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Patricia L. Roberts Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery Lahey Clinic Burlington, MA 01805, USA Michael J. Stamos Department of Surgery University of California Irvine School of Medine Orange, CA 92868, USA
Steven D. Wexner Department Colorectal Surgery Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston, FL 33331-3609, USA
ISBN: 978-0-387-73438-5 e-ISBN: 978-0-387-73440-8 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73440-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008942485 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper springer.com
Preface This manual is abstracted from and is a companion to the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons’ (ASCRS) ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Wolff BG, Fleshman JW, Beck DE, Pemberton JH, Wexner SD, eds. New York: Spring