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Colon and Rectal Surgical Emergencies

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Colon and rectal cancer represents the third most common cancer in the USA. Therefore, emergencies related to colorectal cancer are quite frequent. The most common emergencies related to primary colorectal cancer are perforation and obstruction. There are multiple surgical and nonsurgical methods to address these problems. In addition, there are multiple emergencies that affect the colon which stem from cancers outside the colon. These include severe colitis caused from ischemia, drugs, infection, and neutropenia. Treatment is often conservative in nature, with surgery reserved for extreme cases. Finally, there are multiple anorectal emergencies which are prominent in the cancer patient including but not limited to hemorrhoids, anal fissure, and anorectal abscess.

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  1. Department of Surgical Oncology, City of Hope, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA, 91010, USA

    Kurt Melstrom M.D. & Stephen M. Sentovich M.D., M.B.A.

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  1. Department of Surgery, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA

    Yuman Fong

  2. Department of Surgery, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA

    Rondi Marie Kauffmann

  3. Surgical Oncology Hepatobiliary Surgery, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA

    Emily Marcinkowski

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    Gagandeep Singh

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    Hans F. Schoellhammer

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Melstrom, K., Sentovich, S.M. (2017). Colon and Rectal Surgical Emergencies. In: Fong, Y., Kauffmann, R., Marcinkowski, E., Singh, G., Schoellhammer, H. (eds) Surgical Emergencies in the Cancer Patient. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44025-5_11

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