Current Common Dilemmas in Colorectal Surgery

Part I. Perioperative Preparation and Care

1. To Prep or Not to Prep
Nishit Shah

2. Practice Guidelines and Future Directions of Bowel Preparation: Science and History
Megan Turner, Zhifei Sun, John Migaly

3. Enhanced Recovery Pathways: Is It Laparoscopy or Is It Everything Else?
Lawrence Lee, Liane S. Feldman

Part II. Endoscopic Approaches for Colorectal Neoplasia

4. Improving Endoscopic Detection of Dysplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Where Do We Stand?
Ryan C. Ungaro, James F. Marion

5. Management of Dysplasia in IBD
Shailja C. Shah, Joana Torres, Steven H. Itzkowitz

6. Beyond Piecemeal Polypectomy: EMR and ESD
Patrick Vincent Saitta, Krishna C. Gurram, Stavros N. Stavropoulos

7. Transanal Endoscopic Surgery (TES)
Susana Wu, Elisabeth C. McLemore

Part III. Emergency Bowel Surgery

8. The 3 A.M. Laparoscopic Bowel Surgery: Selection, Preparation and Techniques
O. N. M. Panton

9. Fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis: Indications and Extent of Surgery
Nawar A. Alkhamesi

10. Fulminant Clostridium difficile Colitis: Colon-Preserving Therapies
Maria Abou Khalil, Marylise Boutros

11. Perforated Diverticulitis: Laparoscopic Lavage and Drainage
Morris E. Franklin, Miguel A. Hernández

12. Perforated Diverticulitis: What Are the Options for Resection?
François Letarte, Carl J. Brown

13. Perforated Diverticulitis: When Is Interval Resection Really Indicated?
Abe Fingerhut, Luigi Boni, Viktor Justin, Selman Uranues

Part IV. Optimizing Surgical Management of Pelvic Floor Disorders

14. Utility of Pelvic Floor Testing for Clinical Assessment of Pelvic Floor Disorders?
Julia Saraidaridis, Liliana Bordeianou

15. Rectal Prolapse in the Healthy Patient: Is Perineal Approach Ever Indicated?
Skandan Shanmugan, Joshua I. S. Bleier

16. Rectal Prolapse in the Health Patient: Which Abdominal Approach?
Peter Alexander Newman, Tony Dixon

17. Obstructed Defecation: When Is Surgery Indicated?
Maria Emilia Carvalho e Carvalho, Brooke H. Gurland

18. Fecal Incontinence: Is Sacral Nerve Stimulation Always the Answer?
Teresa C. Rice, Ian M. Paquette

Part V. Optimizing Outcomes in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery

19. Is There Still a Role for Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery (HALS)?
Nicholas Gerard Berger, Timothy J. Ridolfi, Kirk A. Ludwig

20. Intracorporeal Anastomosis for Right Colon Resection: Should This Be the Preferred Method?
Barry Salky

21. Transrectal Specimen Extraction: Should This Be Catching On?
Albert M. Wolthuis

Part VI. Parastomal Hernia

22. Parastomal Hernia: An Ounce of Prevention
Kristina L. Guyton, Neil H. Hyman

23. Parastomal Hernia: Optimal Strategies for Repair
Birgitta M. E. Hansson

Part VII. Optimizing Pelvic Dissection for Rectal Cancer

24. Proctectomy for Advanced Rectal Cancer: APE or ELAPE?
Torbjörn Holm

25. Transanal TME: Why Go Bottom-Up!
Marta Penna, Roel Hompes

Part VIII. Sphincter-Preserving Strategies for Low Rectal Cancer

26. Management of Low Rectal Cancer After Complete Clinical Response
Angelita Habr-Gama, Guilherme Pagin São Julião, Cecilia Beatriz Rossi, Bruna Borba Vailati, Rodrigo Oliva Perez

27. Optimizing Function for Very Low Rectal Tumors: Intersphincteric Resection or APR?
Srikanth Parsi, Jean Salem, John H. Marks

28. Optimal Coloanal Reconstruction: J-pouch, Straight, Stapled, and Hand Sewn
Andrea M. Petrucci, Steven D. Wexner

Part IX. Optimizing TME Outcomes

29. Short-Course Vs Long-Course Radiotherapy: Pros and Cons
Nicolas D. Prionas, Albert C. Koong, Daniel T. Chang

30. Intersphincteric Resection: Perineal or Abdominal Dissection First?
Paula Loughlin, Quentin Denost, Eric Rullier

31. Assessing Anastomotic Integrity and Perfusion
Adam T. Stearns, John T. Jenkins

32. Laparoscopic TME: Is There a Verdict?
James Fleshman, Katerina Wells

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Colorectal Surgery, Surgical Oncology, General Surgery