Exenterative Surgery of the Pelvis. Volume XII. J. S. Spratt, Jun. H. R. Butcher and E. M. Bricker, Missouri. 241 × 159 mm. Pp. 177+ xii. Illustrated. 1973. London: W. B. Saunders Company. £3.75
✍ Scribed by C. G. Clark
- Book ID
- 101743096
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 128 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
THIS volume consists of a series of papers given at a conference on the intermediary metabolism of the liver organized by one of the authors. The date of the conference is not disclosed but most of the references given are before 1971. Taken as such, it provides much useful reading for all who are interested in hepatic metabolism and disease. It makes no pretence at being comprehensive and touches only on a few of the fields which the reader might expect it to deal with from its pretentious title.
Ten distinguished workers including Arky, Starzl and Slapak have contributed. The standard of writing and printing is good and a nice balance has been struck between dogma and scientific pedantry. For the surgeon and those involved in transplantation the chapters of Starzl and Slapak are of interest. The former presents impressive evidence that certain metabolic disorders which derive from disorders of hepatic metabolism, such as Wilson's disease and phenylketonuria, may eventually be amenable to cure by transplantation.
D r Brown's chapter on ammonium metabolism and encephalopathy is also worthy of note. American work in this field is well reviewed. Classic British work, however, and in particular that of Laidlaw, Read and Sherlock (1961) does not appear to have been thought worthy of recognition.
Within these constraints the book has considerable attractions for surgeons interested in this fascinating if somewhat esoteric field.