Crohn’s Disease

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Fig. 15.1 “Fat creeping” phenomenon (arrow) in the small bowel in a patient with Crohn’s disease Aphthoid lesions, fissural ulcerations, cobblestone pattern Fistula Rectum is typically spared Perianal lesions Microscopic…

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Anorectal Abscess and Fistula

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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…

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Ulcerative Colitis

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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…

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Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

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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…

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Benign Tumors

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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 …

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Anal and Rectal Trauma

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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…

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Diverticular Disease

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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…

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Intestinal Failure

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  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…

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