Key Points • Chronic/recurrent respiratory tract infections are common problems for children with allergy but may also be the presenting symptoms of an underlying defect in host defense such as…
Key Points • Asthma and atopy are examples of complex genetic diseases that, despite a strong genetic component, do not exhibit simple Mendelian inheritance. • The many genes involved have…
Key Points • The fetal immune system develops at least partial functional competence prior to birth, but whether this includes capacity to prime for subsequent postnatal production of the allergen-specific…
Key Points • The atopic disorders – atopic dermatitis, food and inhalant allergies, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma – tend to cluster in individuals, families and locales • A developmental ‘allergic…
Key Points • Large geographical variations in the prevalence of allergic diseases exist worldwide among children and adults. • Lower prevalences have been reported from developing countries, eastern European areas,…
Introduction The female pelvis is a complex space in which the digestive, reproductive, and urinary systems converge. The posterior pelvic gastrointestinal organs—the sigmoid colon, rectum, and anus—are commonly involved in…
Video Clips on DVD 6-1 Delorme’s Procedure 6-2 Altemeier Procedure 6-3 Laparoscopic Suture Rectopexy 6-4 Laparoscopic Resection Rectopexy Introduction Rectal prolapse most commonly occurs in young children and women in…
Video Clips on DVD 8-1 Examination of a Patient with a Large Rectocele and Rectal Prolapse 8-2 Laparoscopic Sacrocolporectopexy Historically, the pelvic floor has been segmented into three separate and…
Video Clips on DVD 7-1 Technique for Placement of Preliminary Nerve Evaluation (PNE) in an Office Setting Under Local Anesthesia 7-2 Technique for Stage I Implant Under Fluoroscopy 7-3 Total…
Video Clips on DVD 5-1 Defecography Demonstrating an Enterocele 5-2 Defecography Demonstrating a Sigmoidocele 5-3 Defect-Specific Rectocele Repair with Enterocele Repair and Vault Suspension 5-4 Vaginal Enterocele Repair with Rectocele…
