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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 operations

Procedures

What the specialty does in theatre, with the imagery that goes with it.

What the specialty does in theatre: each operation with its image, its indication, and the doors into OR prep and the step-by-step walkthrough.

Featured operation

Right hemicolectomy

Resection of the right colon for cancer: take the vessels at their origin, take the nodes with them, and join ileum to transverse colon.

Indication: Right-sided colon cancer; caecal volvulus; some right-sided Crohn's complications.

A laparoscopic theatre set up for colonic resection
Dr.jayesh amin · CC BY-SA 3.0

Common and emergency operations

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The room

Inside the colorectal surgery OR

Operative photo
Intraoperative photograph of a sigmoid colon cancer
Operative view · sigmoid colon cancer at laparotomy

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.