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Colorectal Surgery

Colon, rectum and anus: cancer resections planned on embryological planes, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticular disease and its perforations, and the stomas that make radical surgery survivable. The specialty where anatomy, oncology and function meet most visibly.

4 operations in depth5 interactive cases

Backdrop: A pedunculated colonic polyp seen at colonoscopy, the lumen and haustral folds beyond it · Dr Gannavarapu Narasimha Murthy · CC0

The library

Media

Every curated image, scan and video for this specialty, filterable.

Every curated image, scan and video for this specialty, each with its source one tap away. Nothing here is decoration.

Endoscopy
Colonoscopic view of a colonic polyp
Colonoscopy · the adenoma before it is a cancer
Operative photo
Intraoperative photograph of a sigmoid colon cancer
Operative view · sigmoid colon cancer at laparotomy
Educational illustrationSynthetic educational image
Synthetic educational image · schematic rectal MRI for margin practice

Videos

Curated and attributed

  • Right hemicolectomy explained

    The operation drawn and narrated by surgeons who teach it: mobilisation, vessels, anastomosis.

    Watch for

    • The lateral-to-medial mobilisation and the duodenum behind it
    • Ileocolic pedicle ligation
    • Ileocolic anastomosis options
    Source: School of Surgery · Watch on YouTube

  • Low anterior resection: surgical management of rectal cancer

    The University of Toronto atlas explaining the resection, the mesorectal plane and the anastomosis.

    Watch for

    • The holy plane and what lies outside it
    • Why the mesorectum is taken intact
    • When a defunctioning ileostomy is added
    Source: TVASurg, Toronto Video Atlas of Surgery · Watch on YouTube

  • Hartmann's procedure explained

    Sigmoid resection, rectal stump and end colostomy, and the reversal that may or may not follow.

    Watch for

    • Why the anastomosis is not made in the emergency
    • Preparing the rectal stump
    • Siting the end colostomy
    Source: School of Surgery · Watch on YouTube

  • Diverticulitis: Hartmann's procedure, or is a washout all you need?

    The evidence on laparoscopic lavage versus resection for perforated diverticulitis.

    Source: SAGES · Watch on YouTube

  • Perirectal abscess drainage

    A colorectal surgeon's own teaching on draining perianal sepsis and what to look for at EUA.

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    • The cruciate incision close to the anal verge
    • Breaking loculations without creating a fistula
    • When not to probe for a tract
    Source: Karen Zaghiyan MD FACS FASCRS · Watch on YouTube

Hub shaped by the Surgical Specialties Lead with the Colorectal surgery reviewer (open seat). Images and videos carry their source; educational use for supervised learning, not clinical guidance.