Improved Outcomes in Colon and Rectal Surgery

Preexisting Conditions, Eric L Marderstein, Siyamek Neragi-Miandoab, and Conor P Delaney
Preoperative bowel preparation, David A Margolin and Sean Mayfield
Anesthesia and intraoperative positioning, Lebron Cooper and Larry R Hutson
Sepsis, Steven Mills and Michael J Stamos
Intraoperative anastomotic challenges, David E Beck
Other intraoperative challenges, James T McCormick and Sharon G Gregorcyk
Postoperative anastomotic complications, Daniel L Feingold
General postoperative complications, Scott R Steele and Clifford L Simmang
Care paths and optimal postop management, Surya P M Nalamati and Eric J Szilagy
Limitations of anorectal physiology testing, Thomas E Cataldo and Syed G Husain
Limitations of colorectal imaging studies, Travis J Blanchard, Wilson B Altmeyer, and Charles C Matthews
Transanal endoscopy, Terry C Hicks
Laparoscopic colorectal surgery, James W Fleshman and Jonathan S Chun 1
Medical legal issues, Charles F Gay Jr and Terry C Hicks
Miscellanous conditions, M Benjamin Hopkins and Alan E Timmcke
Quality and outcome measures, Janak A Parikh, Sushma Jain, Marcia L McGory, and Clifford Y Ko
Hemorrhoidal surgery, Dan R Metcalf and Anthony J Senagore
Nonoperative therapy for hemorrhoid disease, Kerry Hammond and Charles B Whitlow
Surgery and nonoperative therapy of perirectal abscesses and anal fistulas, Brian R Kann and Charles B Whitlow
Surgery and nonoperative therapy of anal fissure, Jaime L Bohl and Alan J Herline
Surgery for pilonidal disease and hidradenitis suppurativa, Paula I Denoya and Eric G Weiss
Surgical treatment of fecal incontinence, Ann C Lowry and Dimitrios Christoforidis
Surgery for rectal prolapse, Steven R Hunt
Operative and nonoperative therapy for diverticular disease, R Scott Nelson and Alan G Thorson
Abdominal surgery for colorectal cancer, Jason Hall and Rocco Ricciardi
Transanal approaches to rectal cancer, Sachin S Kukreja and Theodore J Saclarides
Abdominoperineal resection, W Brian Perry, Fia Yi, Clarence Clark, and Danny Kim
Indications and outcomes for treatment of recurrent rectal cancer and colorectal liver and lung metastasis, Harry L Reynolds Jr, Christopher T Siegel, and Jason Robke
Chemotherapy for colon and rectal cancer, Liliana Bordeianou and Judith L Trudel
Radiation therapy: Acute and late toxicity, Roland Hawkins
Surgery for ulcerative colitis, Patricia L Roberts
Surgery for Crohn’s disease, Jorge Canedo, Tolga Erim, and Steven D Wexner
Ostomies, Vance Y Sohn and Scott R Steele
Operative and nonoperative therapy for chronic constipation, Harry T Papaconstantinou
Colorectal trauma, S David Cho, Sharon L Wright, and Martin A Schreiber
Urologic complications of colorectal surgery, Scott Delacroix Jr and J Christian Winters
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Biography

Charles B Whitlow MD, Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship Program, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

David E Beck MD, Chairman, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is president-elect of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and Editor-in-Chief of Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery and the Ochsner Journal.

David A Margolin MD, Colon and Rectal Research Director, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is an Associate Editor of Diseases of the Colon and Rectum.

Terry C Hicks MD, Associate Chairman, Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. President of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Alan E Timmcke, Staff Colon and Rectal Surgeon, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.