The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery

This book serves as a valuable resource for surgeons and health care providers at all stages of their career caring for patients with colorectal disease. This edition provides all newly written chapters, organized around the “pillars” of colorectal disease: perioperative (including endoscopy); anorectal disease; benign disease (including inflammatory bowel disease); malignancy; pelvic floor disorders; and a “miscellaneous” section that covers aspects both inside and beyond the operating room. Chapters are formatted to follow that of a “how to” manual as well as an algorithm-based guide to allow the reader to understand the thought process behind a proposed treatment strategy. By making use of evidence-based recommendations, each chapter includes not only background information and diagnostic/therapeutic guidelines, but also provides operative technical details and perioperative “tips and tricks” that are utilized in the management of these complex surgical challenges. Chapters also include the assessment of risk and methods utilized to minimize perioperative complications. In addition, the book incorporates sections covering the medical and surgical therapies for abdominal, pelvic and anorectal disease.     

Anatomy and Embryology of the Colon, Rectum and Anus.- Colonic Physiology.- Anorectal Physiology.- Endoscopy.- Endoscopic management of polyps and endolumenal surgery.- Pre-operative evaluation in the colorectal patient.- Optimizing Outcomes with Enhanced Recovery.- General Postoperative Complications.- Anastomotic Construction.- Anastomotic Complications.- Hemorrhoids.- Anal Fissure and Anal Stenosis.- Cryptoglandular Abscess and Fistula.- Rectourethral and complex fistulas: evaluation and management.- Rectovaginal Fistula.- Pilonidal Disease and Hidradenitis Suppurativa.- Dermatology and Pruritus Ani.- Sexually transmitted infections of the Colon and Rectum.- Anal intraepithelial neoplasia.- Anal Cancer .- Presacral Tumors.- Sporadic and Inherited Colorectal Cancer: How Epidemiology and Molecular Biology Guide Screening and Treatment.- Management of Malignant Polyps.- Colorectal cancer: Preoperative evaluation and staging.- Colon Cancer Surgical Treatment: Principles of Colectomy.- Rectal Cancer: Neoadjuvant Therapy.- Rectal Cancer: Local Excision.- Rectal Cancer: Non-operative management.- Proctectomy for Rectal Cancer.- Colorectal Cancer:  Postoperative Adjuvant Therapy and Surveillance.- Colorectal Cancer:  Management of Distant Metastases.- Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer.- Appendiceal Neoplasms.- Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors, Neuroendocrine Tumors, and Lymphoma.- Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC).- Colorectal cancer: minimally invasive surgery.- Minimally Invasive Complete Mesocolic Excision with Extended Lymphadenectomy for Colon Cancer.- Colonic Diverticular Disease.- Large Bowel Obstruction.- Lower GI Hemorrhage.- Endometriosis.- Benign Colorectal Disease Trauma of the Colon and Rectum.- Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Pathobiology.- IBD Diagnosis and Evaluation.- Medical Management of Ulcerative Colitis.- Medical Therapy for Crohn’s Disease.- Anorectal Crohn’s Disease.- Crohn’s Disease:  Surgical Management.- Ulcerative Colitis – Surgical Management.- Complications of the Pelvic Pouch.- Infectious Colitis.- Clostridium difficile Infection.- Radiation, Microscopic, and Ischemic Colitis.- Intestinal Stomas.- Abdominal Wall Reconstruction and Parastomal Hernia Repair.- Functional Disorders after Colorectal Surgery/ IBS.- Common Tests for the Pelvic Floor.- Evaluation of Constipation and Treatment of Abdominal Component.- Treatment of Difficult/Obstructive Defecation.- Rectal Prolapse.- Fecal Incontinence: Evaluation and Treatment.- Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS).- Sexual Function After Colorectal Surgery in Women.- Male Genitourinary Dysfunction as a Consequence of Colorectal Surgery.- Middle and Anterior Pelvic Compartment: Issues for the Colorectal Surgeon.- Pediatric Colorectal Disorders.- Considerations for Geriatric Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery.- Healthcare Economics.- Ethical Considerations (Conflict of Interest, Surgical Innovation, End of Life).- Welcome to Litigation.- Quality.- Practice Management.