OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES IN COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY. 2ND EDITION

Contributing Authors v
Series Preface ix
Preface xi
Video Contents List xvii
• Section I Surgery of the Small Intestine
1 Laparoscopic Small Bowel Resection 1
2 Strictureplasty and Small Bowel Bypass in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 9
3 Surgical Management of Enterocutaneous Fistula 18
4 End and Diverting Loop Ileostomies: Creation and Reversal 28
5 Tube Jejunostomy: Open and Laparoscopic Techniques 42
• Section II Surgery of the Colon, Appendix, Rectum, and Anus
6 Appendectomy: Laparoscopic Technique 48
7 Right Hemicolectomy: Open Technique 54
8 Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy 63
9 Right Hemicolectomy: Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS) Technique 71
10 Right Hemicolectomy: Single-Incision Laparoscopic Technique 78
11 Right Hemicolectomy: Robotic-Assisted Technique 88
12 Transverse Colectomy: Open Technique 93
13 Laparoscopic Transverse Colectomy 101
14 Transverse Colectomy: Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery Technique 110
15 Left Hemicolectomy: Open Technique 118
16 Left Hemicolectomy: Laparoscopic Technique 127
17 Left Hemicolectomy: Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Technique 135
18 Left Hemicolectomy: Robotic-Assisted Technique 143
19 Sigmoid Colectomy: Open Technique 148
20 Sigmoid Colectomy: Laparoscopic Technique 157
21 Sigmoid Colectomy: Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Technique 165
22 Sigmoid Colectomy: Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery Technique 176
23 Surgical Management of Complicated Diverticulitis: Perforation and Colovesical Fistula 185
24 Total Abdominal Colectomy: Open Technique 195
25 Total Abdominal Colectomy: Laparoscopic Technique 203
26 Total Abdominal Colectomy: Hand-Assisted Technique 216
27 Robotic Total Abdominal Colectomy 229
28 Colon and Rectal Injury: Primary Repair, Resection and Anastomosis, Colostomy 237
• Section III Rectal Resections
29 Low Anterior Resection and Total Mesorectal Excision/Coloanal Anastomosis: Open Technique 244
30 Low Anterior Rectal Resection: Laparoscopic Technique 253
31 Low Anterior Resection: Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery Technique 265
32 Low Anterior Rectal Resection: RoboticAssisted Laparoscopic Technique 276
33 Total Mesorectal Excision With Coloanal Anastomosis: Laparoscopic Technique 287
34 Abdominoperineal Resection: Open Technique 298
35 Abdominoperineal Resection: Laparoscopic Technique 307
36 Hand-Assisted Abdominoperineal Resection 322
37 Abdominoperineal Resection: Robotic-Assisted
38 Restorative Proctocolectomy: Open Technique (Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis) 345
39 Restorative Proctocolectomy: Single-Incision Laparoscopic Technique (Including Pouch Ileoanal Anastomosis) 356
40 Restorative Proctocolectomy: Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis 368
41 Pelvic Exenteration 378
42 Transanal Excision of Rectal Tumors: Open Technique 392
43 Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery for Rectal Lesions 400
44 Laparoscopic Diverting Colostomies: Formation and Reversal 409
45 Surgical Management of Hemorrhoids 422
46 Surgical Management of Anal Fissures 433
47 Operative Treatment of Rectal Prolapse: Perineal Approach (Altemeier and Modified Delorme Procedures) 439
48 Operative Treatment of Rectal Prolapse: Transabdominal Approach 446
49 Perirectal Abscess and Perianal Fistula 455
50 Surgical Management of Pilonidal Disease 460
51 Surgical Management of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis 466
52 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery 474
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With an emphasis on the “hows and whys” of contemporary surgery,Operative Techniques in Colon and Rectal Surgery, Second Edition, features concise, bulleted text, full-color illustrations, and intraoperative photographs to clarify exactly what to look for and how to proceed. Drawn from the larger Operative Techniques in Surgery, Second Edition, this concise, stand-alone surgical atlas, overseen by editor-in-chief Mary T. Hawn and meticulously edited by Dr. Daniel Albo, focuses on the steps of each technique, rapidly directing you to the information you need to choose the right approach for each patient, perform it successfully, and achieve the best possible results.
• Provides comprehensive, step-by-step guidance on surgery of the small intestine; surgery of the colon, appendix, rectum, and anus; and rectal resections
• Covers open as well as laparoscopic and robotic procedures in colon and rectal surgery, including relevant content on trauma
• Features new videos, personally selected by contributing authors and editors, that accompany numerous chapters throughout the book
• Contains extensive updates throughout, including new coverage of the American Board of Surgery’s SCORE Curricula for General Surgery and for Complex General Surgical Oncology
• Follows the same format for each procedure: differential diagnosis, patient history and physical findings, imaging and other diagnostic studies, surgical management, techniques, pearls and pitfalls, postoperative care, outcomes, and complications

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