Modern small bowel disease

Author: Huang Wenzhu
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Publish Date: 2003-05-07
Features: This book is a comprehensive and systematic monograph on the basic and clinical aspects of small intestinal diseases and their progress in China. The book is divided into four parts: Basic, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Diseases, with a total of 35 chapters. It covers small intestinal anatomy, histology and embryology, physiology, pathophysiology, diagnostics, and treatment, as well as congenital and hereditary diseases of the small intestine, infections and inflammation, ulcers, tumors, parasitic diseases, obstruction, bleeding and injury, vascular diseases, motility disorders, drug-induced diseases, immunological diseases, and some rare and difficult-to-diagnose conditions. Among these, it provides detailed discussions on topics that are currently of significant concern both domestically and internationally but lack specialized reference materials in China, such as the pathophysiology of the small intestinal mucosal barrier, small intestinal microecology and bacterial translocation, laboratory diagnostics for small intestinal diseases, endoscopic examinations and treatments (including endoscopy, laparoscopy, endoscopic ultrasound, intraoperative endoscopy, capsule endoscopy, etc.), interventional treatments for small intestinal diseases, immunotherapy and gene therapy, psychological and behavioral treatments, small intestinal transplantation, as well as small intestinal malabsorption syndrome, small intestinal tumors, enterocutaneous fistula, small intestinal dysfunction and failure. This book serves as a reference for clinical doctors, medical students, graduate students, and relevant researchers. It can also be used as a continuing education resource for specialists in fields such as gastroenterology, general surgery, and pediatrics.