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Manual of Total Mesorectal Excision
Author(s): Brendan Moran (Editor), Richard John Heald
- Publisher: CRC Press
- Publication Date: 9 May 2013
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 276 pages
- ISBN-10: 1444117165
- ISBN-13: 9781444117165
Book Description
Manual of Total Mesorectal Excision is the authoritative manual for the trainee and qualified surgeon, covering every aspect of total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer.
- Written by the surgeons who pioneered and popularized TME
- Includes high-quality colour illustrations to detail the multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer
- Endorsed by the Pelican Foundation, the leading organization for research on bowel cancer surgery
- Incorporates state-of-the-art pre-operative staging, optimal surgical excision by TME surgery, and quality control and audit of outcomes by detailed pathological assessment of the resected specimen
The first book dedicated to this procedure, Manual of Total Mesorectal Excision is an invaluable resource for all medical professionals with an interest in the management of rectal cancer.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“I would highly recommend this book as both a comprehensive summary of current state of the art multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer and an excellent description of the ‘craft’ of performing a total mesorectal excision.”
―Professor Alexander Heriot – Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, British Journal of Surgery
About the Author
Brendan Moran MCh FRCSI FRCS is a Consultant Surgeon at Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Trust, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Southampton University, UK Richard John Heald OBE CBE MChir FRCS is Professor of Surgery and Clinical Director of the Pelican Cancer Foundation, Southampton University, UK and President of the Colostomy Association
