TY - JOUR AU - Davies, G AB - Book reviews The remainder of the book is devoted to a critical appraisal of are given to the British and European contributions to this field. The generalized and localized gastrointestinal dysmotility and abnormalities preface admits to failure at encyclopaedic review but there are a number in motility associated with specific clinical syndromes. I was particularly of omissions, with varicocele being a surprising one (and I suspect an impressed with these sections, in which the authors approach each oversight), and the absence of any prescriptive guidelines in the aspect of gastrointestinal dysmotility in a refreshingly objective and management of prenatally detected hydronephrosis, a disappointing logical manner. My only criticism would be the omission of motility omission. dysfunction as a contributory factor in the pathogenesis of gastro- Editorial scrutiny has failed to identify two separate chapters each oesophageal reflux disease. Despite such minor omissions, this is an dealing with multicystic kidney and a similar duplication exists in the invaluable book for gastrointestinal surgeons and trainees, particularly surgical management of intersex. Moreover, the presentation of those with a research interest in motility, as a source of information bibliographies following each chapter is inconsistent. The titular and reference. indexing of some chapters is TI - Specialty medical audit C. D. Shaw. 209 × 148 mm. Pp. 206. Illustrated. 1992. London: King's Fund. £7.50 JF - British Journal of Surgery DO - 10.1002/bjs.1800800555 DA - 1993-05-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/specialty-medical-audit-c-d-shaw-209-148-mm-pp-206-illustrated-1992-LpI6bP3Vvm SP - 677 EP - 677 VL - 80 IS - 5 DP - DeepDyve ER -