Anorectal Abscess and Fistula
Fig. 6.1 Abscess classification Ischioanal: Abscesses located in ischioanal fat are bordered by the sphincter muscles medially by the levator ani in the cranial aspect, and by the ischial bone…
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Ulcerative Colitis
Gastrointestinal Diarrhea usually mixed with blood, with or without mucus Frequency Constipation in some cases of severe proctitis Urgency Tenesmus Incontinence Abdominal pain Systemic Tiredness Weight loss Fever Anorexia Extraintestinal…
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Fig. 38.1 Nomenclature regarding abdominal wall defects remains vague. Is this patient due to have an incisional hernia repair or a complex abdominal wall reconstruction? Recent attempts have been made…
Benign Tumors
Non-neoplastic lesions Neoplastic lesions Mesenchymal lesions Other lesions Hyperplastic polyp Adenoma Tubular adenoma Villous adenoma Tubulovillous adenoma Lipoma Endometriosis Hamartoma Juvenile polyp Peutz-Jeghers polyp Hamartoma Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis Inflammatory polyps …
Anal and Rectal Trauma
Fig. 32.1 Cloacal deformity of the perineum with an absence of the perineal body and large communication of the vagina with the anal canal Ingested foreign bodies: Several small, sharp…
Diverticular Disease
Stage Description I Pericolic abscess or phlegmon II Pelvic, intra-abdominal, or retroperitoneal abscess III Generalized purulent peritonitis IV Generalized fecal peritonitis Table 17.2 Hansen and Stock classification [19] Stage Description…
Rectal Prolapse, Intussusception, Solitary Rectal Ulcer
Fig. 12.1 External rectal prolapse and uterine prolapse upon straining In males the condition is unrelated to age. There is a variable association with psychiatric illness [3]. 12.2.2 Clinics Symptoms…
Intestinal Failure
Duration Reversible Examples Type 1 <28 days Yes Postoperative ileus, mechanical small-bowel obstruction Often spontaneous resolution Type 2 ≥28 days Yes Enterocutaneous fistula Often requires complex interventions and reconstructive…
Anal Fissure
Fig. 5.1 Anal fissure. Internal anal sphincter at the base of the fissure (Courtesy of Dr. J.V. Roig) Coloproctologists will probably see more chronic than acute fissures because primary care…
Colon Cancer
1. At least three relatives with histopathologically verified colorectal cancer; one must be a first-degree relative of the other 2. At least two successive generations affected 3. At least one…
