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Lymphatic Filariasis

Trilok Chandra Goel  •   Apul Goel

Lymphatic Filariasis

Trilok Chandra Goel Department of General Surgery King George’s Medical University Lucknow India

Apul Goel Department of Urology King George’s Medical University Lucknow India

ISBN 978-981-10-2256-2    ISBN 978-981-10-2257-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2257-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016957157 © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company is 152 Beach Road, #22-06/08 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore

Foreword I

Filaria is a disease of the impoverished. A full text on filariasis could not have been written outside Indian subcontinent or Africa in 2015. In colonial times, such monographs were written in English language by foreigners who worked in the continents of Asia or Africa. These enriched the tropical disease departments in Europe and America. Times have changed since. Several technological developments have taken place in surgery. Surgical care – a lucrative business from a purely commercial perspective – can be seen as two types of procedures: those with highly predictable outcomes in gallbladder or kidney stones, through laparoscopic or robotic procedures, and those surgical anomalies that require multiple surgical procedures with not-so-happy outcomes, for example, bladder exstrophy, epispadias, and filarial elephantiasis and chyluria. You need a rich surgeon to write a full text on filariasis. “Will he esteem thy riches? No, not gold, nor all the forces of strength (King James’ version of parallel verses, Bible).” You need the richness of mind as filaria has a difficult pathogenesis to understand. Richness of surgical technicianship must be there for filarial surgery requires persevering with multiple and seemingly endless