Colorectal Surgery

Pocket of infected tissue around the anus. 

Small tears in the lining of your anus. 

A disease in which cells in the colon or rectum grow abnormally.  

Infection of diverticulum.  Diverticulum are small sacs that bulge through weak spots in your colon.

An abnormal connection between two body parts.  Anal fistulas are usually secondary to injury, surgery, infection, or inflammation.

Blood vessels in the lining of the anus present in everyone.  Hemorrhoids can become bothersome when they swell and start to bleed or bulge out of the anus. 

Inflammatory disease affecting the GI tract that causes swelling and inflammation. 

Inflammatory diseases that causes ulcers or soresin the digestive tract. 

A chronic infection of the skin in the crease between the buttocks. 

A clump of cells that form on the lining of the colon. 

When the rectum becomes weakened and slips inside your anus. 

Advancing healthy tissue to cover a fistula opening or fissure

An examination of the anal canal and rectum with an anoscope to help diagnose and rectal conditions. 

Removal of tissue for laboratory analysis. 

Botox can relax the band of muscles controlling your anus. This allows for increased blood flow to help a fissure heal on it’s own.

An examination of your anus, rectum and/or surrounding tissues while you are comfortably under anesthesia. This allows for more comfort and a more thorough exam.

An incison along the entire length of the fistula to allow it to heal on it’s own.

Removal of hemorrhoidal tissue.

Surgery to put the rectum back in place. 

The fistula tunnel is pinpointed, cut, and tied off.

A small cut is made in the lower part of the internal sphincter muscle to allow better blood flow to heal a fissure.  

An exam used to look at the inside of your colon, rectum and anus.  This exam uses a colonoscope which is a long flexible tube with a lighter camera on the end.  

Device placement to manage fecal incontinence by using nerve stimulation.

Surgical removal of all or part of your colon. 

Surgical placement of a feeding tube through the skin and the stomach wall. 

Surgical removal of your colon and rectum 

Removal of a diseased or blocked section of your small intestine. 

A surgical procedure to repair a stricture by widening the narrowed area without removing any portion of your intestine.