Current Therapy in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Part of "Current Therapy" series, this third edition will provide essential information on treatment options for colorectal diseases in almost 100 succinct chapters. The focus is on practical clinical science; basic science has been excluded. Each of the chapters, arranged in 5 sections, are easy to read with a length, on average, of only 3 to 4 printed pages. Since the first edition published in 1990, readers have found this textbook to provide excellent preparation for the American Board of Surgery certification examinations.

New to this edition

    New chapters have been added for intestinal transplants, enhanced recovery programs and the management of peristomal hernias

    Updates on the rapidly changing field of the molecular biology of colorectal cancer and its implications for therapy will be included

    There is a strong emphasis on surgical outcomes

    There are 5 chapters devoted to different aspects of rectal cancer

    Other hot topics covered include minimally invasive surgery, reparative surgery, maturing outcomes, and managing surgical risk

Table of Contents:

Management of fecal incontinence

Rectal stricture

Management of fecal impaction

Abdominal approaches to rectal prolapse

Management of solitary rectal ulcer

Rectocele management

Rectal foreign bodies

Management of sacral and retrorectal tumors

Management of rectal villous tumors

Evaluation of rectal cancer: assessment of operative risk strategy

Cancer of the rectum: neoadjuvant therapy

Cancer of the rectum: operative management

Rectal cancer: local and transanal treatment

Rectal cancer: local recurrence, resection, surgery and follow-up

Management of perineal hernia

SECTION III THE COLON

Preoperative preparation and risk assessment of the patient for colon and rectal surgery

Medical treatment of ulcerative colitis and other colitides

Chronic ulcerative colitis: surgical options

Management of acute toxic colitis and megacolon

Pelvic pouch anastomotic complications and management

Pouchitis and functional complications of the pelvic pouch

The continent ileostomy: evolution, construction and management of complications

Unhealed perineal wound

Medical treatment of Crohn’s disease

Management of Crohn’s colitis

Perianal Crohn’s disease: management

Cecal ulcer

Pseudomembranous colitis

Cytomegalovirus ileocolitis and Kaposi’s sarcoma in AIDS

Diagnosis and management of acute colonic diverticulitis

Diverticulitis and fistula: surgical treatment and complications

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Large bowel obstruction

Volvulus of the colon

Pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie’s syndrome)

Management of the malignant polyp

Treatment of colorectal adenomas: screening, follow-up and surveillance

Molecular genetics of colorectal cancer

Polyposis syndromes

Desmoid tumors

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

Cancer of the appendix and pseudomyxoma peritonei management

Surgical management of cancer of the colon

Chemotherapy and adjuvant therapies for metastatic colon cancer

Management of colorectal liver metastasis

Resection of colorectal pulmonary metastases

Management of non-epithelial colonic and rectal tumors, and gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Management of colonic ischemia

Management and Treatment of Colon and Rectal Trauma

Endometriosis of the colon and rectum

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis

Constipation

SECTION IV SMALL INTESTINE

Small bowel obstruction

Medical management of short bowel syndrome

Indications and management of intestinal transplant

Crohn’s disease of the duodenum, stomach, and esophagus

Management of small bowel Crohn’s disease

Small bowel neoplasms

Carcinoid tumors of the large and small bowel

Enterocutaneous fistula: small and large bowel

Acute and chronic mesenteric ischemia of small intestine

Radiation enteritis and proctocolitis

SECTION V COMPLICATIONS (AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS)

Colorectal surgery in the high-risk patient

Reoperative pelvic surgery

Nutritional support in colorectal surgery

Prevention and management of sepsis

Management of anastomotic leak

Complications of colonoscopy

The management of hemorrhage during pelvic surgery

Urologic complications of colorectal surgery

Prevention and treatment of complications of laparoscopic intestinal surgery

Prevention and management of stoma complications

Stoma and wound considerations: nursing management

Outcomes analysis and measurement of quality of life

CPT coding in colorectal surgery

Enhanced recovery pathways after colorectal surgery

Managing complex ventral hernia during colorectal surgery

Victor W. Fazio, MD, MS; James M. Church, MB, Department of Colorectal Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; Conor P Delaney, MD, PhD, The Jeffrey L. Ponsky Professor of Surgical Education; Chief, Division of Colorectal Surgery; Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery; Director, CWRU Center for Skills and Simulation; Surgical Director, Digestive Health Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA and Ravi P Kiran, MD, MBBS, FRCS, FACS, MSc, EMB, Division Director and Chief of Colorectal Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center