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Edited by Richard H. Bell, Jr., Layton F. Rikkers, and Michael W. Mulholland. 1662 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lippincott–Raven, 1996. $195. ISBN 0-397-51344-5.

This multiauthored textbook and atlas on digestive tract surgery in adults is for the benefit of both future and practicing general surgeons. It contains substantial information about the diseases for which digestive tract surgery is intended, the indications for the operation, and the possible adverse consequences of operative therapy. It also answers practical and technical questions surgeons face before entering the operating room. The editors, who understand well the needs of surgeons, provide readers with a new kind of text and atlas. It is a book prepared by surgeons for surgeons.

The book consists of a comprehensive discussion of common . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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