Iatrogenic Gastrointestinal Complications

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Drug-Induced Gastrointestinal Disorders

   • Eric A. Hyson, Morton Burrell, Robert Toffler

   Pages 1-44

3. Complications of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

   • Morton A. Meyers, Gary G. Ghahremani

   Pages 45-64

4. Complications of Gastrointestinal Intubation

   • Gary G. Ghahremani

   Pages 65-89

5. Gastrointestinal Complications of Radiologic Procedures

   • David W. Gelfand, David J. Ott, Thomas H. Hunt

   Pages 91-122

6. Esophageal Complications of Surgery and Lifesaving Procedures

   • Leonid Calenoff, Lee F. Rogers

   Pages 123-163

7. Complications of Gastric and Duodenal Surgery

   • Morton Burrell, Bernard S. Jay

   Pages 165-196

8. Complications of Biliary Tract Surgery

   • H. Joachim Burhenne, Peter Cooperberg

   Pages 197-210

9. Complications of Intestinal Surgery

   • James L. Clements Jr., James V. Rogers Jr., William E. Torres

   Pages 211-233

10. Hemorrhage Complicating Gastrointestinal Surgery

    • Gary G. Ghahremani, Morton A. Meyers, Sven-Ola Hietala, William H. Brewer

    Pages 235-253

11. Postoperative Abdominal Abscesses

    • Morton A. Meyers, Gary G. Ghahremani, Burton M. Gold

    Pages 255-268

12. Iatrogenic Abdominal Hernias

    • Gary G. Ghahremani, Morton A. Meyers

    Pages 269-278

13. Radiation Injury of the Gastrointestinal Tract

    • Lee F. Rogers

    Pages 279-298

14. Back Matter

    Pages 299-307

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The purpose of this series of volumes is to present a comprehensive view of the complications that result from the use of acceptable diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Individual volumes will deal with iatrogenic complications involving (1) the alimentary system, (2) the urinary system, (3) the respiratory and cardiac systems, (4) the skeletal system and (5) the pediatric patient. The term iatrogenic, derived from two Greek words, means physician-induced. Originally, it applied only to psychiatric disorders generated in the patient by autosuggestion, based on misinterpretation of the doctor's attitude and com­ ments. As clinically used, it now pertains to the inadvertent side-effects and com­ plications created in the course of diagnosis and treatment. The classic categories of disease have included: (1) congenital and developmental, (2) traumatic, (3) infectious and inflammatory, (4) metabolic, (5) neoplastic, and (6) degenerative. To these must be added, however, iatrogenic disorders-a major, although gen­ erally unacknowledged, source of illness. While great advances in medical care in both diagnosis and therapy have been accomplished in the past few decades, many are at times associated with certain side-effects and risks which may result in distress equal to or greater than the basic condition. Iatrogenic complications, which may be referred to as "diseases of medical progress," have become a new dimension in the causation of human disease.

• Iatrogene Krankheit
• Postoperative Komplikation
• Surgery
• Verdauungsorgan /Erkrankung
• diagnosis
• endoscopy
• hepatology

• Department of Radiology School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Long Island, USA

  Morton A. Meyers

• Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Evanston Hospital-Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

  Gary G. Ghahremani

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