Colon and Rectal Surgery
Within the Department of General Surgery, the specialists in Colon and Rectal Surgery offer an additional set of surgical services for disorders and disease of the colon, rectum, anus, and pelvic floor.
Managed Conditions
- Colon, Rectal, Anal Cancers
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s, Ulcerative Colitis)
- Diverticulitis
- Hereditary polyposis syndromes
- Stoma/ostomy complications
- Fecal Incontinence
- Pilonidal disease
- Complex anorectal issues: fissures, recurrent fistula, hemorrhoids, condyloma
Services
- Laparoscopic, robotic, and open surgical techniques for colon & rectal cancer, diverticulitis, and inflammatory bowel disease
- Sphincter-sparing rectal cancer surgery
- Trans-anal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS)
- LIFT (ligation of intersphincteric fistula tract) procedure
- Hemorrhoid treatments: fiber counseling, banding, transanal Doppler-guided hemorrhoid artery ligation, hemorrhoidectomy
- Fissure treatments: counseling, lateral internal sphincterotomy, botox injection
- Sacral nerve stimulator implantation for fecal incontinence
- Diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy, proctoscopy, and anoscopy