Manual of Total Mesorectal Excision

Manual of Total Mesorectal Excision is the authoritative manual for the trainee and qualified surgeon, covering every aspect of total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer. Written by the surgeons who pioneered and popularized TME, the book includes high-quality colour illustrations to detail the multidisciplinary management of rectal cancer, which aid understanding. It incorporates state-of-the-art pre-operative staging, optimal surgical excision by TME surgery and quality control and audit of outcomes by detailed pathological assessment of the resected specimen. The first book to be dedicated to total mesorectal excision, Manual of Total Mesorectal Excision is an invaluable resource for both trainee and qualified surgeons. Features Focuses on total mesorectal excision Presents an international perspective from the principal authors, who are the pioneering surgeons for the procedure Includes detailed full-color illustrations to demonstrate treatment and procedures Features the endorsement of the Pelican Foundation, the leading organization for research into bowel cancer surgery CONTENTS The evolution of a concept: the total mesorectal excision story R.J. Heald Anatomy of the rectum, anal canal and pelvic floor Thilo Wedel Clinical ultrasound Oliver Shihab and Arcot K. Venkatasubramaniam Magnetic resonance imaging staging of rectal cancer Peter How and Gina Brown Radiological staging for systemic disease Gina Brown and Chris Hunter Preoperative radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer Rob Glynne-Jones and Mark Harrison Total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer Brendan Moran Abdominoperineal excision of the rectum Torbjoumrn Holm Laparoscopic surgery Katharine E. Bevan, Tom D. Cecil and Brendan Moran Robotic total mesorectal excision M. Chadwick, H.S. Tilney and A.M. Gudgeon Local excision and transanal endoscopic microsurgery Wolfgang B. Gaertner and David A. Rothenberger Pathology assessment Philip Quirke, Tim Palmer, Gordon G.A. Hutchins and Nick P. West Assessment and management of recurrence Peter J. Lee, Kirk K.S. Austin and Michael J. Solomon Lateral pelvic side-wall nodal involvement in rectal cancer Hideaki Yano and Brendan Moran Intestinal stoma and the role of defunctioning a low anastomosis after anterior resection Steve Arnold, Kandiah Chandrakumaran and David Mitchell Quality of life in patients undergoing abdominoperineal excision and anterior resection for rectal cancer Peter How and Kandiah Chandrakumaran Brendan Moran MCh FRCSI FRCS is a Consultant Surgeon at Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Trust, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Southampton University, UK Richard John Heald OBE CBE MChir FRCS is Professor of Surgery and Clinical Director of the Pelican Cancer Foundation, Southampton University, UK and President of the Colostomy Association