Introduction

The Specialty of Colon and Rectal Surgery has been within the armentarium of medicine for well over seventy years and has progressed dramatically since the 1980's when complex pelvic surgery, complicated anorectal procedures, challenging small intestinal disease, and recently, minimally invasive surgery of the colon, rectum and anus has become within the standard of care of almost all diseases of the midgut and hindgut now treated. As we have pushed the envelope for improved oncologic outcomes, the lessening need for intestinal stomas, improvement in continence and functional outcomes, there has been the tradeoff of the need for reoperative surgery when surgeon and patient satisfaction has not been optimal.
Source: Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Source Type: research