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Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

Vol. 2, Open procedures

  • Describes procedures step by step with the aid of a wealth of operative photographs
  • Covers a wide range of procedures and indications
  • Pays meticulous attention to anatomy
  • Enables trainee surgeons to visualize the surgical field clearly, facilitating learning of techniques

Part of the book series: Springer Surgery Atlas Series (SPRISURGERY)

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Colon

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Surgical Anatomy and Embryology

      • Sigmar Stelzner, Werner Hohenberger, Thilo Wedel
      Pages 3-30
    3. Appendectomy

      • Aristotelis Perrakis
      Pages 31-44
    4. Crohn’s Disease of the Large Bowel

      • Emmanuel Tiret, Radu Bachmann
      Pages 45-52
    5. Ulcerative Colitis

      • Jean H. Ashburn, Feza H. Remzi
      Pages 53-82
    6. Benign Tumours of the Colon

      • Sean T. Martin, P. Ronan O’Connell
      Pages 83-118
    7. Volvulus of the Colon

      • Ahmet Keşşaf Aşlar, Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu
      Pages 119-150
    8. Colon Cancer

      • Werner Hohenberger, Klaus Weber
      Pages 151-182
    9. Ileostomies and Colostomies

      • Klaus Weber
      Pages 183-206
    10. Surgery for Cancer of the Left Colon

      • Yingjiang Ye, Zhidong Gao, Werner Hohenberger
      Pages 207-222
  3. Rectum

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
    2. Rectum: Surgical Anatomy and Embryology

      • Thilo Wedel
      Pages 225-248
    3. Per Anal Excision of Benign Tumours

      • Trevor M. Yeung, Thomas Barnes, Neil Mortensen
      Pages 249-270
    4. Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection (Pelvic Sidewall Dissection)

      • Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Kenichi Sugihara
      Pages 299-316
    5. Intersphincteric Abdominoperineal Resection

      • Quentin Denost, Bart Van Geluwe, Eric Rullier
      Pages 317-338
    6. Colon Cancer: Multivisceral Resection

      • Wolfgang B. Gaertner, Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu, David A. Rothenberger
      Pages 339-366
    7. Abdominoperineal Excision of the Rectum

      • Torbjörn Holm
      Pages 367-390

About this book

This atlas, containing a wealth of clear operative images, is designed to enable trainee surgeons to visualise the surgical field for procedures specific to open colorectal surgery, thereby facilitating understanding and learning of surgical techniques and avoidance of intra- and postoperative complications. Step-by-step guidance is provided for a wide range of procedures to the colon, rectum, pelvic floor, anus and anal canal, in each case paying meticulous attention to surgical anatomy. The full range of potential indications for open surgery is considered, including benign and malignant tumours, inflammatory bowel disease, appendicitis, diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, anal fistulas and rectal prolapse among others. Whenever considered necessary, additional line drawings are included to aid comprehension of particular steps in the surgery. Readers seeking to improve their understanding of surgical anatomy and how to perform these operative procedures will find the atlas to be an unparalleled source of information and assistance. A complementary book from the same authors focuses on laparoscopic colorectal surgery.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Surgical Department, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany

    Werner Hohenberger

  • Department of Surgery, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford, Kent, UK

    Michael Parker

About the editors

Werner Hohenberger is Full Professor of Surgery, University of Erlangen‐Nuremberg, Germany and Chair of the Surgical Department at the same university, where he had got his degree in 1973. Beside his long teaching career, during which he also worked as visiting professor in many universities abroad, such as the Cleveland Clinics, Ohio, USA and the Peking University People’s Hospital, China, he has been dedicating great efforts within scientific societies in the field surgical oncology, which remains his chief clinical interest:  He was President of the German Cancer Society, the German Cancer Congress, and Member of the Executive Committee of the German Senologic Society. 

Michael Parker qualified from Westminster Hospital Medical School in 1973. He acquired the FRCS and FRCS(Ed) in 1980 and MS (London) in 1987. A consultant surgeon in a district general hospital for 20 years with a specialist interest in laparoscopic surgery, Professor Parker is a member of the Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, past President of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, past President of the Surgical Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, past President of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland and Trustee of the European Society of Coloproctology. In 2010 he initiated a programme of laparoscopic colorectal training in Denmark and in 2013 he was conferred with an Honorary Chair from the University of Århus. He spent ten years as a Council member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England until 2014. He is now retired from clinical practice but works as a Founder Director of a surgical innovations company called Sirius Genesis Ltd.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

  • Book Subtitle: Vol. 2, Open procedures

  • Editors: Werner Hohenberger, Michael Parker

  • Series Title: Springer Surgery Atlas Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60827-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60826-2Published: 24 February 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60829-3Published: 24 February 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-60827-9Published: 23 February 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2626-9015

  • Series E-ISSN: 2626-9023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 614

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 399 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Abdominal Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Traumatic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgical Oncology

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eBook USD 149.00
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Softcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 279.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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