Anorectal Disease Contemporary Management
This book provides a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field that guides patient management and stimulate investigative efforts. It is an easy reference for day-to-day anorectal pathology. The text reviews new testing pr
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Anorectal Disease Contemporary Management
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Anorectal Disease
Massarat Zutshi Editor
Anorectal Disease Contemporary Management
Editor Massarat Zutshi Department of Colorectal Surgery The Cleveland Clinic Digestive Disease Institute Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-23146-4 ISBN 978-3-319-23147-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23147-1
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This book is dedicated to all my teachers, from my parents Mr. Tajammul Hussain and Ms. Shahazamani Hussain who taught me to successfully deal with adversity and believed in my dreams, to my teachers in medical school and residency, especially Dr. A R Undre and Dr. H R Manchanda in India who imparted their knowledge unselfishly in at a time when there was no internet and to my teachers at the Cleveland Clinic especially Dr. V W Fazio, Dr. I Lavery, Dr. S Strong and Dr. J Wu. The book is also dedicated to my husband Chiranjiv Zutshi who is always teaching me life’s lessons, my brother Anjum Hussain who counsels me on all topics and now my new teacher in this the modern world, my son Samir Zutshi.
Foreword
The management of anorectal disease dates back over several millennia and continues to represent a challenge for both the patient and the physician. The earliest known reference to these disorders is seen in the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus that originated in 3000–2500 BCE when practitioners like the high priest Pepyankh, known as Iry, served as the Pharaohs’ palace physician and chief of the medical corps. He was also an important specialist and bore the titles of “one understanding the internal fluids” and “guardian of the anus.” In that era, the only mentioned treatment was an ointment derived fro
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