Emergency Surgical Management of Colorectal Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: de'Angelis, Nicola (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Di Saverio, Salomone (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Brunetti, Francesco (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma,
• Subjects: Surgery.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Gastroenterology .; Radiology.; Emergency Medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Gastroenterology.; Imaging / Radiology.

This volume provides an overview of the current evidence-based medical and surgical practice in emergency conditions in colorectal cancer patients. It offers a multidisciplinary perspective, taking into account the specific characteristics of colorectal cancer patients, the necessary pre-operative a...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Colorectal Cancer Research: A State of the Art
• 2. Epidemiology of colorectal cancer: incidence, survival and risk factors
• 3. Socioeconomic impact of emergency therapies for colorectal cancer
• 4. Acute care and surgical risk assessment
• 5. Complicated Colorectal Cancer: Role of Imaging
• 6. Principles of colonoscopy for colorectal cancer emergency - Colonoscopy protocols in emergency settings
• 7. Management of colonoscopy complications
• 8. Emergencies related to primary colon cancer: multidisciplinary management of colon obstruction, perforation and bleeding due to colon cancer in absence of metastatic disease
• 9. Emergencies related to primary rectal cancer
• 10. Peritoneal Carcinomatosis and other emergencies not related to primary colorectal cancer
• 11. Emergencies related to advanced metastatic colorectal cancer
• 12. Multidisciplinary management of post-operative complications
• 13. Enhanced Recovery After Emergency Colorectal Surgery
• 14. Medical and surgical management of colorectal cancer patients receiving immunotherapy
• 15. Medical and surgical management of colorectal cancer patients presenting with hemostatic disorders
• 16. Medical and Surgical Management of Colorectal Cancer Emergencies in Elderly Patients
• 17. Colorectal cancer surgical emergency in transplanted patients
• 18. Colorectal cancer surgical emergencies in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
• 19. Emergency surgical management in rectal cancer patients following radiotherapy
• 20. Pathological analyses of colorectal cancer
• 21. Post-operative oncologic management of colorectal cancer emergencies
• 22. Minimally invasive surgery for colorectal cancer in the emergency setting
• 23. Indications for open abdomen in colorectal cancer emergency
• 24. Difficult decisions in colorectal cancer in emergency settings
• 25. Future Perspectives in Colorectal Cancer Treatments
• 26. Training curriculum for colorectal cancer surgery
• 27. Emergency colorectal surgery checklists and technical considerations
• 28. Clinical cases on colorectal cancer emergency.