Constipation, Disorders of Defecation, and Anal Pain
Constipation, Disorders of Defecation, and Anal Pain R. John Nicholls Ian Lindsey I hav finally kum to the konklusion, that a good reliable sett ov bowels iz wurth more tu…
Fecal Incontinence
Fecal Incontinence R. John Nicholls My wind exploded like a thunder-clap Iaso blushed a rosy red And Panacea turned her head Holding her nose: My wind’s not frankincense. —ARISTOPHANES: Plutus…
Management of Foreign Bodies
Management of Foreign Bodies Marvin L. Corman Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto. [I am a man, and nothing human is foreign to me.] —TERENCE (185-159 BC): Heauton…
Colorectal Trauma
Colorectal Trauma Robert W. Beart Jr. George C. Velmahos The profession of medicine and surgery must always rank as the most noble that men can adopt. The spectacle of a…
Anal Fistula
Anal Fistula Alex Jenny Ky Emily Steinhagen Bertram: What is it, my good lord, the King languishes of? Lafew: A fistula, my lord. —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: All’s Well That Ends Well,…
Rectovaginal and Rectourethral Fistula
Rectovaginal and Rectourethral Fistula Paula I. Denoya Marvin L. Corman Mothers love their children more than fathers, because parenthood costs the mothers more trouble. —Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics IX, vii ▶…
Anorectal Abscess
Anorectal Abscess Brett E. Ruffo Staphylococcus Aureus By Gram and Koch he swore He would invade new regions Unconquered heretofore— By Gram and Koch he swore it, To take a…
Anal Fissure
Anal Fissure Sanjay P. Jobanputra Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain. —ROBERT E. LEE Anal fissure (fissure-in-ano) is a common anorectal condition, which is also one of the most…
Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids Marvin L. Corman And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods; and the cry of the city went up to heaven. —1 Samuel 5:12* *It is…
Cutaneous Conditions
Cutaneous Conditions Julia Zakhaleva Marvin L. Corman What’s the matter, you dissentious rogues That, rubbing the poor itch of your opinion, Make yourselves scabs? —William Shakespeare: Coriolanus I, i, 168…
