[Anorectal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment]

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.