- Provides a guide for current common dilemmas encounterd in daily practice
- Written by experts in the field
- Richly illustrated with figures, photographs and illustrations
This text reviews the areas of colorectal surgery that are at the cutting edge of innovation, paradigm shift and controversy with regard to diagnosis, patient selection, treatment algorithm, and therapeutic approaches.
From the impact of enhanced recovery protocols on traditional colorectal practices, to that of novel strategies merging endoscopic and surgical techniques, to recent paradigm shifts in the management of common colorectal disorders, this text provides readers with an update on current controversies and evolving treatment rationale in the management of common colorectal diseases.
Current Common Dilemmas in Colorectal Surgery provides a guide for the current common dilemmas that caregivers encounter in their daily practice. It is of great utility to colorectal surgeons, surgical oncologists and general surgeons practicing colorectal surgery, senior residents in general surgery training or surgical oncology or colorectal fellowships, allied healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with colorectal disease, pharma and biomedical technology industry with an interest in current care of patients with colorectal disease.
Table of ContentsSection I: Perioperative preparation and care
- Chapter 1. To prep or not to prep
Nishit Shah - Chapter 2. Practice Guidelines and Future Directions of Bowel Preparation: Science & History
Megan Turner, Zhifei Sun and John Migaly - Chapter 3. Enhanced Recovery Pathways: Is it Laparoscopy or is it Everything Else?
Lawrence Lee and Liane S. Feldman
Section II: Endoscopic approaches for colorectal neoplasia
- Chapter 4. Improving endoscopic detection of dysplasia in IBD: where do we stand?
Ryan C. Ungaro and James F. Marion - Chapter 5. Management of Dysplasia in IBD
Shailja C. Shah, Joana Torres and Steven H. Itzkowitz - Chapter 6. Beyond Piecemeal Polypectomy: EMR and ESD
Patrick Vincent Saitta, Krishna C. Gurram and Stavros N. Stavropoulos - Chapter 7. Transanal Endoscopic Surgery (TES)
Susana Wu and Elisabeth C. McLemore
Section III: Emergency bowel surgery
- Chapter 8. The 3 A.M. Laparoscopic Bowel Surgery-Selection, Preparation and Techniques
O. N. M. Panton - Chapter 9. Fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis: Indications and extent of surgery
Nawar A. Alkhamesi - Chapter 10. Fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis: Colon-preserving therapies
Maria Abou Khalil and Marylise Boutros - Chapter 11. Perforated diverticulitis: Laparoscopic lavage and drainage
Morris E. Franklin, Jr. and Miguel A. Hernandez Moreno - Chapter 12. Perforated diverticulitis: What are the options for resection?
François Letarte and Carl J. Brown - Chapter 13. Perforated diverticulitis: When is interval resection really indicated?
Abe Fingerhut, Luigi Boni, Viktor Justin and Selman Uranues
Section IV: Optimizing Surgical Management of Pelvic floor disorders
- Chapter 14. Utility of pelvic floor testing for clinical assessment of pelvic floor disorders
Julia Saraidaridis and Liliana Bordeianou - Chapter 15. Rectal prolapse in the healthy patient: Is perineal approach ever indicated?
Skandan Shanmugan and Joshua I. S. Bleier - Chapter 16. Rectal prolapse in the healthy patient: Which abdominal approach?
Peter Alexander Newman and Tony Dixon - Chapter 17. Obstructed defecation: When is surgery indicated?
Maria Emilia Carvalho e Carvalho and Brooke H. Gurland - Chapter 18. Fecal incontinence: Is sacral nerve stimulation always the answer?
Teresa C. Rice and Ian M. Paquette
Section V: Optimizing outcomes in laparoscopic colorectal surgery
- Chapter 19. Is there still a role for hand assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS)?
Nicholas Gerard Berger, Timothy J. Ridolfi and Kirk A. Ludwig - Chapter 20. Intracorporeal anastomosis for right colon resection: Should this be the preferred method?
Barry Salky - Chapter 21. Transrectal specimen extraction: Should this be catching on?
Albert M. Wolthuis
Section VI: Parastomal Hernia
- Chapter 22. Parastomal Hernia: An Ounce of Prevention
Kristina L. Guyton and Neil H. Hyman - Chapter 23. Parastomal Hernia: Optimal Strategies for Repair
Birgitta M. E. Hansson
Section VII: Optimizing pelvic dissection for rectal cancer
- Chapter 24. Proctectomy for advanced rectal cancer: APE or ELAPE?
Torbjörn Holm - Chapter 25. Transanal TME: Why go bottom-up!
Marta Penna and Roel Hompes
Section XIII: Sphincter-preserving strategies for low rectal cancer
- Chapter 26. Management of low rectal cancer after complete clinical response
Angelita Habr-Gama, Guilherme Pagin São Julião, Cecilia Beatriz Rossi, Bruna Borba Vailati and Rodrigo Oliva Perez - Chapter 27. Optimizing function for very low rectal tumors: Intersphincteric resection or APR? Srikanth Parsi, Jean Salem and John H. Marks
- Chapter 28. Optimal Coloanal Reconstruction: J pouch, Straight, Stapled, and Hand-Sewn
Andrea M. Petrucci and Steven D. Wexner
Section IX: Optimizing TME outcomes
- Chapter 29. Short Course vs. Long Course Radiotherapy: Pros and cons
Nicolas D. Prionas, Albert C. Koong and Daniel T. Chang - Chapter 30. Intersphincteric Resection: Perineal or Abdominal dissection first?
Paula Loughlin, Quentin Denost and Eric Rullier - Chapter 31. Assessing anastomotic integrity and perfusion
Adam T. Stearns and John T. Jenkins - Chapter 32. Laparoscopic TME: Is there a verdict?
James Fleshman and Katerina Wells
