In the first edition of this text the scientific and clinical problems posed by the patient with a functional disorder of the anus or colon were comprehensively addressed. Since its publication in 1985, the depth of interest in these disorders has increased significantly and has spread to a wide spectrum of clinical disciplines. These are reflected in the contents of the fully revised and expanded second edition, in which gynecological, urological, neurological, physiological, pharmacological, anatomical and surgical aspects of pelvic floor disorders are all dealt with in considerable detail. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Part 1 Anatomy and physiology: anatomy of the anal sphincters and pelvic
floor, B.A.Wood and A.J.Kelly; the myenteric plexus - neuropeptides and their
receptors, A.Belai and G.Burnstock; pharmacology of the internal anal
sphincter, D.E.Burleigh; rectal and anal sensation, J.Rogers; neural control
of the pelvic sphincters, S.Mathers; colorectal motility, D.Kumar and
D.L.Wingate; faecal continence and defaecation, G.S.Duthie and D.C.C.Bartolo;
urinary continence and micturition, R.C.L.Feneley and S.C.W.Harrison. Part 2
Investigation of the pelvic floor: clinical evaluation of the anorectum,
perineum and pelvic floor, M.C.Veidenheimer; anorectal manometry, N.W.Read
and W.M.Sun; evacuation proctography and anal endosonography, C.I.Bartram;
histopathology of pelvic floor muscles in pelvic floor disorders, M.Swash;
electromyography in pelvic floor disorders, M.Swash; motor nerve conduction
studies of the pelvic floor innervation, M.Swash and S.J.Snooks; anal
reflexes, J.S.Varma and A.N. Smith; gynaecological assessment, D.W.Warrell;
videocystometry and urethral pressure profile studies, M.B.Chancellor and
J.G.Blaivas; neurophysiological investigation of central motor pathways
controlling pelvic floor sphincter muscles, D.A.Ingram. Part 3 Disorders of
the pelvic floor and their treatment: aetiology of pelvic floor disorders,
M.Swash and M.M.Henry; faecal incontinence - pathophysiology, M.M.Henry and
M.Swash; treatment; solitary rectal ulcer syndrome - pathophysiology and
treatment, D.Z.Lubowski; rectal prolapse - clinical features and
pathophysiology, M.Keighley; treatment, R.D.Madoff et al; genital prolapse,
S.L.Stanton; urinary incontinence - pathphysiology, Roger S. Kirby;
treatment, A.Mundy; haemorrhoids - pathophysiology and clinical features,
J.P.S.Thomson and R.J.Leicester; treatment, L.E.Smith; pathogenesis and
treatment of anal fissure, R.W.Motson and J.O.Keck; constipation -
pathphysiology, M.A.Kamm and J.E.Lennard-Jones; management, J.H.Pemberton.
Part 4 Other problems: sphincter sparing enteroanal surgery, R.J.Nicholls and
M.V.Madden; chronic perianal pain syndromes, M.Swash and J.M.G.Foster;
neurological disease and coloproctology, M.Swash and M.M.Henry;
gynaecological conditions and coloproctology, C.N.Hudson; anorectal function
in the elderly, J.A.Barrett and E.S.Kiff; AIDS and anorectal problems,
J.N.Thompson.
