Colon and Rectal Surgery
Colorectal surgery is a field in medicine dealing with disorders of the rectum, anus, and colon. The field is also known as proctology, but this term is now used infrequently within medicine and is most often employed to identify practices relating to the anus and rectum in particular. Physicians specializing in this field of medicine are called colorectal surgeons or proctologists. In the United States, to become colorectal surgeons, surgical doctors have to complete a general surgery residency as well as a colorectal surgery fellowship, upon which they are eligible to be certified in their field of expertise by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery or the American Osteopathic Board of Proctology.
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Surgeons in the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Mayo Clinic offer the latest in diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the colon, rectum and anus. Surgeons see more than 11,000 patients each year at Mayo Clinic campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota, making the practice among the largest in the world collectively.
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Living with chronic pain, keeping up with taking numerous medications and being tied to the restroom is no way to live. After having a J-pouch procedure, patients regain control over their bowel movements, choose when to use the restroom and resume a normal life.
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Colorectal cancer treatment usually involves more than one kind of treatment and demands the expertise of physicians from several specialty areas, including surgical, medical and radiation oncologists, gastroenterologists and other experts.