Michael Swash

John H. Pemberton

Michael M. Henry

Edited and written by multidisciplinary teams of coloprocologists, urologists, gynecologists and neurologists, this clinically focused resource covers the pelvic floor in both health and disease states. An evidence-based approach to management of problems is adopted throughout. The text is augmented by a plethora of illustrations, photgraphs, summary tables and boxes, together with helpful management algorithms that summarize treatment pathways for all common clinical problems of the pelvic floor. Clinically focussed on the care and management of the patient Accessible - contains many tables and summary boxes to help the reader get fast access to the answer. The first chapter provides invaluable management algorithms for all common pelvic floor problems Chapters are written by multidisciplinary teams of coloproctologists, urologists, neurologists and gynecologists, to reflect the way patients are treated in practice. International line-up of contributors and coverage of treatment issues Comprehensively illustrated with black-and-white photographs and a specially commissioined artwork program.

Its Function and Disorders

The Pelvic Floor

P.N. Leigh

Here is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the clinical, pathological, and research aspects of motor neuron disease (MND). The text contains all essential features of the anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and toxicology of the motor system, a full description of MND and its variants, as well as historical developments and a review of the current concepts and controversies. This book comes at a time of increasing interest in neurodegenerative disorders and MND in particular. It will prove a key reference book with an integrated overview of the field, and will be indispensable to practicing neurologists, researchers, and all those with an interest in MND.

Biology and Management

Motor Neuron Disease

Martin S. Schwartz

In the seven years since the first edition of this book was published there have been many important developments in knowledge of neuromuscular diseases. These are reflected in this new edition. We have taken the opportunity to add much new clinical and scientific material to the book, particularly in relation to metabolic myopathies and neuropathies, and to include more information on genetic aspects of neuromuscular diseases, quantitative electromyo graphic techniques, plexus and root lesions and cardiomyopathies. The aim of the book remains unchanged, but we have rearranged some of the material so that there are several new chapters. The illustrations have also been extensively revised and there are many new references. We hope that it will continue to provide a convenient source of practical and theoretical information that will not only be useful in managing patients with neuromuscular diseases, but will stimulate research. London, May 1987 Michael Swash Martin S. Schwartz Preface to the First Edition Neuromuscular diseases are common in clinical practice. Patients with these disorders may be referred to neurologists, rheumatologists, orthopaedic surgeons, paediatricians or to general physicians, and their investigation, utilising electromyography (EM G) and muscle biopsy, often requires the help of the clinical neurophysiologist and of the pathologist.

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