July 22, 2022 — The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons has issued updated guidelines for physicians, published in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, about how to treat problems of the anus and ...

The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons has published clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with cryptoglandular fistulas, rectovaginal fistulas and anorectal fistulas ...

Many people have small pouches in the lin­ing of the colon, or large intestine, that bulge outward through weak spots. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. Multiple pouches are called diverticula. The ...

Doctors classify diverticulitis as uncomplicated or complicated. Complicated diverticulitis includes additional health complications, such as abscesses, compared to uncomplicated diverticulitis.

From the Surgical Service of the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Starr — Assistant Surgeon to Out-Patient Department, Beth Israel Hospital. Nason — Recently Senior Surgical Interne, Beth ...

What ails Fidel Castro? The diagnosis so far, according to word passed along by one of Castro’s consulting physicians, is that Cuba’s Premier has a complex of ills of the lower alimentary canal, ...