Treatment and Management of Lower Gastrointestinal Disorders
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 8349
Special Issue Editor
Interests: lower gastrointestinal disorders; colorectal neoplasia; inflammatory bowel diseases; functional bowel disorders; anorectal disorders; management; predictive biomarkers; targeted therapies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue of Medicina entitled “Treatment and Management of Lower Gastrointestinal Disorders” we aim to approach the most recent advances in this field, which includes a large spectrum of diseases such as colon polyps and colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), colitis, intestinal pseudo-obstruction, angiodysplastic and diverticular disease, bowel incontinence, chronic diarrhea/constipation, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and other functional bowel and anorectal diseases, hemorrhoids, anal fissures and fistulas, perianal abscesses, and others. We especially aim to address innovative treatment strategies and novel predictive markers of prognosis and treatment response. These are emerging fields developed with the goal of achieving personalized management, associated with best quality of life and prognosis of patients. There are still numerous issues that need to be elucidated:
- Which are the modern strategies for the management of colon polyps and the most suitable modern endoscopic resection techniques?
- Which are the best prognostic biomarkers for colorectal cancer and novel therapeutic perspectives?
- What does the future management of IBD look like? Which are the most efficient predictive markers of prognosis and treatment response, and how could they influence management towards a personalized approach?
- Which are the modern approaches to treat functional disorders?
- Which is the best treatment and prophylaxis of diverticulitis?
- Is the treatment of anorectal disorders entering a new era?
This Issue will aim to answer to these and other questions regarding the management of lower gastrointestinal disorders.
Dr. Adrian Goldiş
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- lower gastrointestinal disorders
- colorectal neoplasia
- inflammatory bowel diseases
- functional bowel disorders
- anorectal disorders
- management
- predictive biomarkers
- targeted therapies
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