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.      Written by experts in the field from around the world, The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery 4th Edition exposes the many critical gaps in our knowledge base and inspires the next generation to answer them through thoughtful and high level scientific inquiry.      

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
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