Intestinal Disorders

List of principal contributors List of chairpersons Preface SECTION I: DISEASES OF THE RECTUM AND THE PERIANAL REGION.- 1 Outlet obstruction: diagnosis and treatment 2008.- 2 Fistulas and fissures – diagnosis and treatment.- SECTION II: DIVERTICULAR DISEASE AND IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME.- 3 Treatment algorithms for diverticulitis.- 4 Diagnosis and treatment of diverticular bleeding.- 5 Drug treatment of irritable bowel syndrome – different approaches for different subgroups?.- SECTION III: NOVEL CONCEPTS IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.- 6 Defective barrier – therapeutic implications?.- 7 The innate immune system as a therapeutic target in inflammatory bowel diseases.- 8 Subgroups of Crohn's disease – are there therapeutic differences?.- 9 Prediction of treatment success -- will there be genetic or serologic markers?.- SECTION IV: CASES AND CONTROVERSIES.- 10 Obstruction in Crohn's disease.- 11 A patient with refractory bleeding in proctosigmoiditis.- 12 Mild to moderate ulcerative colitis: sequential and combined treatments.- 13 A patient with duodenal stenosis in Crohn's disease -- case report.- 14 A patient with duodenal stenosis in Crohn's disease: endoscopic and drug treatment may be successful.- 15 Surgical bypass as a long-term solution.- SECTION V: LIVE DEMONSTRATION.- SECTION VI: LIVE DEMONSTRATION.- SECTION VII: TUMOURS OF THE SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL.- 16 Lymphoma -- staging and treatment 2008.- 17 Gastrointestinal stromal tumours: the paradigm of a bench-to-bedside disease.- 18 Gut neuroendocrine tumours – new treatment options?.- SECTION VIII: COLORECTAL CARCINOMA.- 19 Which method of secondary prevention is really feasible and useful?.- 20 Colorectal cancer surveillance after colon cancer resection and post-polypectomy.- 21 Progress in the treatment of colorectal cancer: the impact of new drugs.- SECTION IX: STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE.- 22 The difference of a decade: looking backwardand forward at gastroenterology.- Index