BookGeorge Tsoulfas, Jamal J. Hoballah, George C. Velmahos, Yik-Hong Ho, editors.
Summary: This book is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to the diagnosis and surgical management of parasitic diseases involving different organ systems, with emphasis on the gastrointestinal tract. It is divided into five parts that address the various etiologies, current diagnostic dilemmas and methods, as well as the key principles involved in their surgical management. The introduction presents the overall epidemiology and classification of parasitic diseases, followed by chapters that focus on different types of the most frequently encountered parasitic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract found in different parts of the world, with special attention given to the existing surgical debates regarding the use of minimally invasive procedures. The next part places special emphasis on hydatid disease by describing the current extent of this disease, changes in its management, and the most frequent complications and tips on how to avoid them. The following part discusses the surgical management of parasitic diseases affecting different organ systems, including the heart, the lungs, the brain and the urinary system. The final part presents the surgical dilemmas encountered in special situations, such as pregnancy, and the pediatric patient. The Surgical Management of Parasitic Diseases is an important and authoritative resource to surgeons of all specialties dealing with parasitic diseases.
Contents:
Intro
Preface
Contents
Contributors
Part I: Epidemiology and Classification
1: Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases
Global Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases
Global Burden of Parasitic Diseases
Public Health and Research Directions
Types of Parasites
Global Burden of Disease from Helminthic Infections
Epidemiology of Cestodes
Echinococcosis: Epidemiological Aspects
Cystic Echinococcosis
Echinococcosis: A Worldwide Snapshot
Echinococcosis by Region
Western Developed Countries
South America
China and Southeast Asia Africa and the Middle East
Echinococcosis: Costs
Public Health and Research Status
Eradication
E. multilocularis
Cysticercosis
Intestinal Cestodes
Nematodes
Clinical Burden of Intestinal Nematode Disease
Tissue Nematodes
Other Nematodes
Epidemiology of Trematodes
Schistosomasis
Liver Flukes
Intestinal and Lung Flukes
Epidemiology of Protozoan Parasites
References
2: Classification of Parasitic Diseases
Classification
Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases
Protozoa
Amebae
Entamoeba Free-living amebae are Acanthamoeba, Naegleria, and Balamuthia
Flagellates
Trypanosoma
Leishmania
Giardia
Trichomonas
Sporozoa
Babesia
Toxoplasma
Cryptosporidium
Cystoisospora, Cyclospora
Plasmodium
Helminths
Trematodes (Flukes)
Schistosoma Species (Blood Flukes)
Liver/Biliary Flukes
Fasciolia hepatica
Clonorchis and Opisthorchis (Asian/Oriental Fluke)
Lung Flukes
Paragonimiasis
Intestinal Flukes (Heterophyes heterophyes and Fasciolopsis buski)
Cestode Infections
Intestinal (Non-invasive) Cestodes
Taenia saginata (Beef Tapeworm) Taenia solium (Pork Tapeworm)
Diphyllobothrium latum (Fish Tapeworm)
Hymenolepis nana (Dwarf Tapeworm)
Tissue (Somatic, Invasive) Cestodes
Cysticercosis
Echinococcus Species
Nematodes (Roundworms)
Intestinal Nematodes
Ascaris lumbricoides
Ancylostoma duodenale (Old World Hookworm), Necator americanus (New World Hookworm)
Enterobius vermicularis (Pinworm)
Trichuris trichiura (Whipworm)
Strongyloides stercoralis
Tissue Roundworms
Trichinella spp.
Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Loa loa, Onchocerca volvulus, Dracunculus medinensis Larva Migrans Syndromes
References
Part II: Parasitic Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract
3: The Role of Surgery in Treating Parasitic Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract from Protozoa
Introduction
Mastigophora (Flagellates)
Giardiasis
Dientamoeba fragilis
Trypanosoma cruzi
Sarcodina (Amebae)
Entamoeba histolytica (Amebiasis)
Sporozoa
Cryptosporidium parvum (Cryptosporidiosis)
Cyclospora cayetanensis
Ciliophora (Ciliates)
Balantidium coli
Conclusion
References
4: Surgical Treatment of Intestinal Cestodes
Introduction