This atlas, containing a wealth of clear operative images, is designed to enable trainee surgeons to visualise the surgical field for procedures specific to open colorectal surgery, thereby facilitating understanding and learning of surgical techniques and avoidance of intra- and postoperative complications. Step-by-step guidance is provided for a wide range of procedures to the colon, rectum, pelvic floor, anus and anal canal, in each case paying meticulous attention to surgical anatomy. The full range of potential indications for open surgery is considered, including benign and malignant tumours, inflammatory bowel disease, appendicitis, diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, anal fistulas and rectal prolapse among others. Whenever considered necessary, additional line drawings are included to aid comprehension of particular steps in the surgery. Readers seeking to improve their understanding of surgical anatomy and how to perform these operative procedures will find the atlas to be an unparalleled source of information and assistance. A complementary book from the same authors focuses on laparoscopic colorectal surgery.

I COLON 1 Surgical anatomy and embryology

2 Appendectomy
3 Diverticulitis
4 Crohn's Disease
5. Ulcerative Colitis
6 Benign Tumor
7 Ileocecal, sigmoid volvulus
8 Surgery for cancer of the right colon
9 Surgery for cancer of the transverse colon and flectures
10 Surgery for cancer of the left colon
11 Multivisceral resections
II RECTUM 12 Surgical anatomy and embryology
13 Benign tumors perianal excision including TEM
14 Rectal cancer, anterior/low, anterior resection with TME/PME
15 Lateral lymph node dissection
16 Abdominoperanal intersphincteric resection
17 Multivisceral resection
18 Intersphincteric, conventional and extralevator rectal excision - Gluteal muscle flap
19 Resection of pelvic bones
20 Flaps for reconstruction, VRAM flap
III. PELVIC FLOOR, ANUS, AND ANAL CANAL 21  Anatomy and embryology
22 Haemorrhoids
23 Anal fistulas
24 Entero- and rectocele, rectal prolapse
25 Sphincter substitute
26 Sacral nerve stimulation.-27 Incontinence, sphincter repair
28 Perianal procedures (TEM, TAMIS).