Developments in Gastroenterology

Session 1: Etiology.- Attempts to identify a viral etiology for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).- Bacterial etiology of inflammatory disease.- Study of a new Mycobacterium isolated from patients with Crohn's disease.- Etiopathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease.- Animal model of granulomatous entrocolitis induced by bacterial cell wall polymers.- Session 2: Pathogenesis.- Epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease - 1985.- Intestinal mucosal lymphocytes: a new approach to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel.- Role of interferon in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease.- Role of lipoxygenase products as mediators of inflammation in IBD.- Session 3: Clinical Assessment of Disease.- Inflammatory bowel disease - aspects of differential diagnosis.- Quantifying 'activity' of inflammatory bowel disease.- Diagnosis of dysplasia in ulcerative colitis by combined light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.- Psychiatric evaluation in inflammatory bowel disease - practical considerations.- Prognostic factors for recurrence of Crohn's disease.- Cancer surveillance in ulcerative colitis.- Surveillance of patients with ulcerative colitis: an Italian experience.- The social prognosis in inflammatory bowel disease.- Session 4: Medical Management.- Corticosteroids and inflammatory bowel disease.- Metronidazole in Crohn's disease.- The current role of irnmunosuppresives in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.- Hyperalimentation in inflammatory bowel disease: uses and abuses.- New salicylates in treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.- Growth failure in inflammatory bowel disease.- Session 5: Surgical Management.- Surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease.- Long-term results of continent ileostomy.- Ileorectal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis.- Continence following soave procedure for ulcerative colitis.- Surgery in Crohn's disease: limited versus wide resection.- Towards conservative surgery in the management of Crohn's disease.- Session 6: New Directions for Future Research.- Future directions for clinical research.- New directions for future research.- Future directions for immunological research.- Observations on inflammatory bowel disease - 1985: present status and future prospects.