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Management of Digestive and Liver Disorders in Infants and Children
M a n a g e m e n t o f D i g e s t i v e and L i v e r D i s o r d e r s in I n f a n t s and Children edited by J.P. Buts, E.M. Sobel Elsevier Science, Inc., Amsterdam, 1993, 688 pp., $282.75 This European collaborative text includes chapters by more than 80 authors. It extensively covers common topics in gastroenterology and hepatology, tapping experts in each field for informative chapters. The book emphasizes recent concepts in pathophysiology and management. The book is divided into five sections. The first is on diagnostic studies and congenital defects and their surgical management. It includes endoscopic ultrasound and motility disorders. The second section is esophagus and stomach, and includes chapters on esophageal caustic injury and H e l i c o b a c t e r p y l o r i . The third section is the longest, covering small bowel and colon, and has 19 chapters that include HIV, celiac sprue, and inflammatory bowel disease. Part IV covers pancreatic disease, most extensively cystic fibrosis. Last, Part V discusses liver diseases, including metabolic diseases, fulminant hepatitis, and liver transplantation. This text is well written and edited by experts in the field, thoroughly covering most problems seen by practicing pediatric gastroenterologists. Each topic includes the pathophysiology, molecular biology, personalized clinical approach, latest therapies, and extensive bibliographies. Many chapters have tables, graphs, photographs, and micrographs. This book should be a welcome addition to the library of gastroenterologists who care for infants and children. David A. Ferenci, MD Minneapolis, Minnesota
rect extension in mesenteric planes or the peritoneal space. The book begins with a series of plates showing axial anatomy through cross-sectioned cadavers and corresponding line drawings. Following this there is an introductory chapter on normal anatomy and variants, although the descriptions and illustrations are basic and limited. This is followed by chapters devoted to more specific anatomic relationships and disease processes. Individual chapters describe normal and pathologic anatomy of the small bowel, colon, retroperitoneum, and kidney-intestine and duodenal-colon relationships. There are also chapters on the intraperitoneal spread of infections and malignancies, the intestinal effects of pancreatitis, internal hernias, and plain film analysis. The book is concise and clearly written. It is heavily illustrated through numerous line drawings, cadaver dissections and injections, surgical specimens, and radiologic examinations. Plain films, contrast gastrointestinal studies, angiograms, ultrasounds, computed tomograms, and magnetic resonance examples are utilized to portray normal anatomy and pathology. Although some of the illustrations are dated and of suboptimal quality, they nicely integrate with the text and emphasize key points. As compared to the prior edition, there have been some, but not extensive, modifications. There is a new chapter on the subperitoneal space (that area deep to the parietal peritoneum that extends into the mesenteries and ligaments), some rewriting and additions to previous chapters, and many new illustrations. In comparison to other works, there are no books of a similar orientation with the emphasis on functional dynamic anatomy. Although this book may not be well known to gastroenterologists and surgeons, it should be considered by anyone interested in improving basic understanding of abdominal diseases, in particular, the anatomic basis for their manifestations. Scott J. Schulte, MD
D y n a m i c R a d i o l o g y o f the A b d o m e n , 4th ed. Edited by M. A. Meyers Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1994, 591 pp., 880 illus., $149.00 First published in 1976, this textbook has become a classic work, well known to radiologists involved in imaging the abdomen. The book incorporates principles originally described by the author in numerous scientific articles. Many of these concepts are now well accepted and ingrained, being utilized frequently in diagnosis and patient management. The orientation is towards functional anatomy describing the anatomic basis for the manifestations and complications of abdominal diseases. Anatomic relationships and the dynamics of abdominal processes are emphasized, as are reasons for disease localization or spread through di276 GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY
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Textbook of Gastrointestinal Radiology, V o l u m e s I a n d II edited by R. M. Gore, M.S. Levine, I. Laufer W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1994, 2890 pp., $295.00 This new, multi-author textbook is designed as an all-encompassing work on gastrointestinal radiology. The editors state their intention was to create a complete, up-to-date, practical book on gastrointestinal radiology, and the authors have succeeded admirably in fulfilling this goal. The textbook is arranged in two volumes, with volume I covering the hollow viscera and volume II covering the solid organs. There are sections on each orVOLUME 41, NO. 3, 1995
rect extension in mesenteric planes or the peritoneal space. The book begins with a series of plates showing axial anatomy through cross-sectioned cadavers and corresponding line drawings. Following this there is an introductory chapter on normal anatomy and variants, although the descriptions and illustrations are basic and limited. This is followed by chapters devoted to more specific anatomic relationships and disease processes. Individual chapters describe normal and pathologic anatomy of the small bowel, colon, retroperitoneum, and kidney-intestine and duodenal-colon relationships. There are also chapters on the intraperitoneal spread of infections and malignancies, the intestinal effects of pancreatitis, internal hernias, and plain film analysis. The book is concise and clearly written. It is heavily illustrated through numerous line drawings, cadaver dissections and injections, surgical specimens, and radiologic examinations. Plain films, contrast gastrointestinal studies, angiograms, ultrasounds, computed tomograms, and magnetic resonance examples are utilized to portray normal anatomy and pathology. Although some of the illustrations are dated and of suboptimal quality, they nicely integrate with the text and emphasize key points. As compared to the prior edition, there have been some, but not extensive, modifications. There is a new chapter on the subperitoneal space (that area deep to the parietal peritoneum that extends into the mesenteries and ligaments), some rewriting and additions to previous chapters, and many new illustrations. In comparison to other works, there are no books of a similar orientation with the emphasis on functional dynamic anatomy. Although this book may not be well known to gastroenterologists and surgeons, it should be considered by anyone interested in improving basic understanding of abdominal diseases, in particular, the anatomic basis for their manifestations. Scott J. Schulte, MD
D y n a m i c R a d i o l o g y o f the A b d o m e n , 4th ed. Edited by M. A. Meyers Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1994, 591 pp., 880 illus., $149.00 First published in 1976, this textbook has become a classic work, well known to radiologists involved in imaging the abdomen. The book incorporates principles originally described by the author in numerous scientific articles. Many of these concepts are now well accepted and ingrained, being utilized frequently in diagnosis and patient management. The orientation is towards functional anatomy describing the anatomic basis for the manifestations and complications of abdominal diseases. Anatomic relationships and the dynamics of abdominal processes are emphasized, as are reasons for disease localization or spread through di276 GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY
Seattle, Washington
Textbook of Gastrointestinal Radiology, V o l u m e s I a n d II edited by R. M. Gore, M.S. Levine, I. Laufer W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1994, 2890 pp., $295.00 This new, multi-author textbook is designed as an all-encompassing work on gastrointestinal radiology. The editors state their intention was to create a complete, up-to-date, practical book on gastrointestinal radiology, and the authors have succeeded admirably in fulfilling this goal. The textbook is arranged in two volumes, with volume I covering the hollow viscera and volume II covering the solid organs. There are sections on each orVOLUME 41, NO. 3, 1995