Synopses & Reviews
This book, the proceedings of Falk Symposium No. 123, VI International Symposium on Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on September 3-5, 2001, focuses on the issues and controversies pertinent to IBD in the 21st century. The achievements in medical, surgical, and in the basic sciences in the last twenty years since the first Jerusalem IBD Symposium are summarized in detail. Controversies with respect to the medical treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases are discussed. One section deals with surgical issues such as laparoscopic surgery in inflammatory bowel diseases, ileo-anal pouches and the surgical treatment of Crohn's disease. The last section is devoted to the biological treatment of IBD and to the needs both in medical science and in the clinic.
Book News Annotation:
Proceedings of a September 2001 symposium held in Istanbul, attended
by 500 participants from 33 countries. Twenty-six contributions are
arranged in sections on aetiopathogenesis, clinical aspects, medical
treatment, surgical treatment, and past achievements and future
directions of the field. A sampling of topics: an update on
lymphocyte activation and signal transduction in inflammation,
assessing the value of the classification of Crohn's disease,
efficacy of budesonide in ulcerative colitis, current recommendation
for use of probiotics, limited effects and troublesome side-effects
of infliximab, and the case against laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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