Clinical Advances in Colon and Rectal Surgery

The clinical care of colorectal disease has not stood still since 2000 when Dr. Byron Gathright published our first 100 years of history. It is an honor to gather reports of clinical advances from our specialty over the last 25 years. The editors have elected to present the particular advances in the areas of surgery for Anorectal Disease, Colon Cancer, Diverticular Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pelvic Floor, Ostomy Construction and Rectal Cancer and Surgical Guidelines for Rectal Cancer Surgery, the development of Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery and Perioperative Management of Colorectal Surgical Patients. We have asked the experts in these areas to give us insights into the history and latest state-of-the-art update. It will be important to look back at our next update to see the continued progress in each of these areas and to discuss any unexpected new areas of progress.