title: [Anorectal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment].
abstract: The presentation of the book Enfermedades Anorrectales. Diagnóstico y tratamiento edited by Dr Fernando López-Ríos (Madrid: Harcourt Brace, 1999) consisted of two parts. In the first part, the structure, goals and characteristics of the work were explained by its editor. In the second part, after a brief survey of the history of colorectal surgery, Dr López-Ríos discussed the importance of understanding colorectal surgery as a subspecialization of general surgery.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: López-Ríos Fernández
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*