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Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Colorectal surgeons must be familiar with the diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted infections, as their symptoms overlap with common colorectal diseases such as fissure, hemorrhoid, cancer, and inflammatory bowel disease. Eliciting a complete sexual history is paramount, as is maintaining a high level of suspicion for these infections. Empiric treatment is generally recommended, especially for symptomatic patients. Management of sexually transmitted infections requires not only prescribing the recommended medical therapy but also ensuring that sexual partners are notified, counseling patients to reduce their risk of transmission and reinfection, and notifying health departments of new cases and treatment failures.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Cindy J. Kin

  2. Corporate Department, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Mark L. Welton

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  1. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Scott R. Steele

  2. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Tracy L. Hull

  3. Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

    Neil Hyman

  4. Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA

    Justin A. Maykel

  5. Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Thomas E. Read

  6. Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, USA

    Charles B. Whitlow

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Kin, C.J., Welton, M.L. (2019). Sexually Transmitted Infections. In: Steele, S., Hull, T., Hyman, N., Maykel, J., Read, T., Whitlow, C. (eds) The ASCRS Manual of Colon and Rectal Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01165-9_19

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