Few human illnesses today are so challenging, medically, scientifically, and socio-economically, as the 'nonspecific' inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD): ulcerative colitis and ...

This condensed version of the classic textbook, Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice, Second Edition, provides students and surgeons with an easily accessible compendium ...

There is currently an explosive growth of basic and clinical research in inflammatory bowel diseases. The extensive interest of the medical community in these diseases is ...