Difficult Decisions in Colorectal Surgery (Difficult Decisions in Surgery: An Evidence-Based Approach)

This thoroughly revised second edition reflects the exponential growth in the complex field of decision making in colorectal surgery, since the first edition published in 2017. Recommendations are based on newly published data and this book has 30% new additions with 58% chapters completely rewritten by new authors. The chapters in each volume adhere to a specific format. This approach provides uniformity to the presentations, making it possible to identify useful material at a glance.

Covering new technology, brief chapters are multi-authored, and each devoted to one or two specific questions or decisions within that specialty that are difficult or controversial.  

Physicians from nonsurgical specialties give alternative and competing therapies for what was once the exclusive province of the surgeon.

Neil H. Hyman, MD, has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed original articles or textbook chapters. He serves as Associate Editor for the Annals of Surgery and the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. . In addition, he has been an invited Visiting Professor at many academic institutions and presented his work at invited lectureships around the world. He has been President of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and served on the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Dr. Hyman is consistently named to the list of Best Doctors in America by Best Doctors, Inc. and America's Top Doctors for Cancer by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

Konstantin Umanskiy, MD, specializes in the treatment of a wide variety of colon and rectal diseases such as colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease), complex anorectal disorders and diverticulitis. His area of clinicaland research interests include the treatment of patients with pelvic floor disorders (constipation, incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse). Dr. Umanskiy uses traditional surgical approaches, as well as state-of-the-art minimally invasive laparoscopic and robotic techniques.  Dr. Umanskiy has strong clinical and research interests in innovative surgical techniques, especially robotic and telemedicine applications for colon and rectal surgery.