Colon and rectal surgery

Anatomy and embryology of the anus, rectum, and colon

Physiology of the colon

Diet and drugs in colorectal surgery

Evaluation and diagnostic techniques

Flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy

Setting up a colorectal physiology laboratory

Analgesia in colon and rectal surgery

Hemorrhoids

Anal fissures

Anorectal abscess

Anal fistula

Rectovaginal and rectourethral fistulas

Anal incontinence

Colorectal trauma

Management of foreign bodies

Disorders of defecation constipation, melanosis coli, stercoral ulcer, obstructed defecation (anismus), short-segment Hirschsprung's Disease, intestinal pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's Syndrome), proctalgia fugax (levator spasm), coccygodynia

Rectal prolapse, solitary rectal ulcer, Syndrome of the Descending Perineum, and rectocele

Pediatric surgical problems

Cutaneous conditions

Colorectal manifestations of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV infection)

Polypoid diseases

Carcinoma of the colon

Carcinoma of the rectum

Malignant tumors of the anal canal

Less common tumors and tumorlike lesions of the colon, rectum, and anus

Diverticular disease solitary cecal ulcer

Laparoscopic-assisted colon and rectal surgery

Vascular diseases hemorrhage, mesenteric occlusive and nonocclusive disease, ischemia, radiation enteritis, and volvulus

Ulcerative colitis

Crohn's Disease and inderterminate colitis

Intestinal stomas

Enterostomal therapy

Miscellaneous colitides

Medicolegal aspects of colon and rectal surgery