Open Total Abdominal Colectomy with Ileorectal Anastomosis W. Forrest Johnston Charles M. Friel INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS Total abdominal colectomy involves resection of the entire colon that is in the abdominal cavity with…
Laparoscopic Total Colectomy with Ileorectal Anastomosis Bashar Safar INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS Total colectomy may be indicated to treat diseases that either diffusely affect the colon but spare the rectum or in conditions…
Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision Chaya Shwaartz Patricia Sylla INTRODUCTION In 1982, Heald et al. first described the concept of total mesorectal excision (TME) and established this technique as the gold…
Hybrid Laparoscopic/Open Low Anterior Resection Amy L. Lightner Eric J. Dozois INTRODUCTION The hybrid low anterior resection (LAR), as originally described, is an operation in which the first part of…
Intersphincteric Restorative Proctocolectomy for Malignant Disease Ron G. Landmann INTRODUCTION While addressing the issue of rectal cancer treatment, four major objectives are uniformly pursued: (1) cure—including primary local resection with…
Hand-Assisted Low Anterior Resection Eric G. Weiss INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS Laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer is widely accepted as an equivalent oncologic procedure for the management of colon cancer based…
Hybrid Robotic and Fully Robotic Procedure Cigdem Benlice Emre Gorgun INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS Since the introduction of laparoscopic colectomy, colorectal surgery practice has dramatically changed over the past three decades by growing…
Laparoscopic Low Anterior Resection with Transanal Anastomosis or Colonic J-Pouch Creation W. Conan Mustain Sharon L. Stein INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS Chapter 14 reviewed the technique for multiport laparoscopic low anterior resection (LAR)….
Open Low Anterior Resection End-to-End and Side-to-End Anastomoses Radhika K. Smith Juan J. Nogueras The two prevailing techniques used to maintain intestinal continuity after surgical treatment of low rectal disease…
Low Anterior Resection—Open Michael A. Valente INDICATIONS/CONTRAINDICATIONS Low anterior resection (LAR) is primarily performed for mid and low rectal adenocarcinoma. The definition of low anterior differs from an anterior resection…
