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Book review
Endoscopic Gastric Surgery.
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Endoscopic Gastric Surgery. Edited by E Hanisch, M Kitajima, T Wehrmann, et al (Pp 134; illustrated; £51.50/DM 149.00). Germany: Springer Verlag, 2000. ISBN 3540653333.
This is a small textbook which looks at specific aspects of gastric surgery from a laparoscopic approach. The overall format is attractive in that a chapter on physiology precedes the section on laparoscopic surgery. It does, however, in view of the rather concise nature, fall between two stools in that it is a specialist book and therefore does not necessarily appeal to the general trainee, but it is too …