Current Common Dilemmas in Colorectal Surgery

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.

Autorentext

Christopher M. Schlachta BSc, MDCM, FRCSC, FACS
Professor, Department of Surgery and Department of Oncology
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University
London Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital
339 Windermere Road, London, Canada, N6A 5A5

Patricia Sylla MD, FACS, FASCRSAssistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal SurgeryMount Sinai School of Medicine5 East 98th StreetNew York, NY 10029

Inhalt

Preface - Christopher M. Schlachta and Patricia Sylla

Section 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 c...