Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. First-mentioned authors VII
3. Contents XI
4. Preface XV
5. 1. Functional visceral disorders
6. 1.1 Brain-gut/bladder interactions
7. Brain-gut mechanisms of visceral motor activity 1
8. Brain-gut mechanisms of visceral sensitivity 17
9. Psychosocial aspects of the functional gastrointestinal disorders 33
10. Functional esophageal disorders 41
11. Functional dyspepsia 57
12. Functional bowel disorders: are they independent diagnoses? 65
13. Functional bladder disorders 75
14. Pharmacotherapy of altered brain-gut interactions 85
15. Behavioral treatment of altered brain-gut mechanisms 109
16. 1.2 Assessment of visceral sensitivity
17. The barostat: a tool to evaluate visceral sensitivity 115
18. Stimulation techniques of the gastrointestinal tract: evaluation of the responses and factors which determine the responses 135
19. Vesico-urethral sensitivity: clinical implications 143
20. Assessment of digestive sensitivity by a reflexologic technique 151
21. 2. Neurogenic visceral dysfunctions
22. 2.1 Visceral manifestations in neuro-degenerative diseases
23. Gastrointestinal manifestations of movement disorders 161
24. Epidemiology and pathophysiology of gastrointestinal manifestations in Parkinson's disease 167
25. Alteration of alimentary function in primary autonomic failure 179
26. Effect of altered control of the autonomic nervous system on gastrointestinal function 187
27. Neurodiagnostic tests of degenerative diseases 199
28. Diagnostic tests of the autonomic nervous system 207
29. Urinary manifestation of neuro-degenerative diseases 221
30. Cardiac dysautonomia in patients with symptomatic small volume prostatic benign hyperplasia 229
31. Management of gastrointestinal alterations in Parkinson's disease 235
32. Management of swallowing disorders 243
33. Management of lower gastrointestinal alterations in degenerative nervous diseases 277
34. 2.2 Visceral dysfunctions in spinal cord lesions
35. Visceral manifestations in spinal cord lesions 283
36. Lower urinary tract dysfunction in spinal cord injury 289
37. Gastrointestinal manifestations in spinal cord lesions 301
38. Management of lower gastrointestinal tract dysfunctions in patients with spinal cord injury 309
39. 3. Gastrointestinal disorders in neuromuscular and neurological diseases in childhood
40. Gastrointestinal disorders in neuromuscular and neurological diseases in childhood 319
41. Genetic aspects of myopathies 331
42. Genetics of Hirschsprung's disease 337
43. Diagnosis and management of upper gastrointestinal dysfunctions in children with neurological and neuromuscular diseases 349
44. Diagnosis and management of lower gastrointestinal dysfunctions 359
45. 4. Functional and metabolic aspects of the orthotopic bladder and the urinary diversions
46. Bladder replacement: experience with an ileocecal segment with multiple transverse teniamyotomies 371
47. Orthotopic ileal bladder by "Vescica Ileale Padovana" 377
48. Metabolic and colonic mucosal abnormalities following urinary-intestinal diversion 385
49. Digital fluoroangiographic video-urodynamics in the follow-up of the urinary diverted patients 399
50. Index 407