Main description:

The twenty-second volume of GI Surgery Annual covers a gamut of topics from oesophageal adenocarcinoma, to motility disorders of the colon and rectum, mesenteric tumours as well as the contemporary technique of ALPPS, acute portal vein thrombosis and small for size syndrome in live donor liver transplant.

The chapter on advances in gastrointestinal surgery as every year reviews the important new information in the field in an easy to understand manner.

Contents:

Recent advances in oesophageal adenocarcinoma.- Motility disorders of the colon and rectum.- Screening and prevention of extra colonic cancer in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer.- Complications of intestinal stomas and their management.- Mesenteric tumours.- Current concepts in bariatric surgery.- Acute portal vein thrombosis: Aetiopathogenesis, diagnosis andmanagement.- Associated liver partition with portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy.- Issues in management of small for size syndrome in live donor livertransplantation.- Advances in gastrointestinal surgery