SURG 86003 Colon and Rectal Surgery
This rotation will allow for students to actively participate in all outpatient and inpatient activities to ensure a broad, balanced, in-depth, comprehensive experience. Emphasis is placed on history taking, physical examination, and diagnosis pertinent to Colon and Rectal Surgery, including anoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, and office procedures. They will participate in preoperative evaluation and are exposed to a wide range of open, laparoscopic, and anorectal operative experiences, including stoma creation, ileoanal reservoir surgery, rectal cancer, Crohn’s disease operations and operations for prolapse and incontinence, and a wide array of anorectal operations including hemorrhoidectomies, sphincterotomies, fistulotomies, and sphincteroplasties.