The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery

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.     

Scott R. Steele
Chairman, Department of Colorectal Surgery 
Rupert B. Turnbull, M.D. Endowed Chair in Colorectal Surgery
Cleveland  Clinic
Cleveland OH
USA

Tracy L. Hull
Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Department of Colorectal Surgery
Cleveland, OH
USA

Neil Hyman
Professor of Surgery
Co-Director, Center for Digestive Disease 
Chief, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery 
University of Chicago Medical Center 
Chicago, IL
USA

Justin A. Maykel 
Professor of Surgery 
Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery 
University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center 
Worcester, MA
USA

Thomas E. Read
Cracchiolo Family Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL
USA

Charles B. Whitlow
Chairman, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery 
Ochsner Clinic 
New Orleans, LA
USA