Colorectal Surgery
Comprehensive Care For You
The Colorectal Surgery Center at Carondelet Health Network offers comprehensive care for all aspects of colorectal health. From preventive tests like colonoscopies to providing multidisciplinary care for complex disorders, the specialists at Carondelet
are here to help you. We diagnose and treat the full spectrum of colorectal conditions, including colorectal cancer treatment.
Anorectal Problems (Proctology)
The colorectal experts at Carondelet can help you with management of a wide range of proctologic conditions with surgery and other therapies, including:
- Hemorrhoids
- Anal fissures
- Warts
- Anorectal infections
- Anorectal fistulas
- Tumors
- Anal dysplasia
Intestinal Problems
Experienced surgeons can provide you with treatment for a wide range of problems of the rectum, colon or small bowel, and can perform procedures such as:
- Small bowel resection
- Colon resection
- Segmental and total colectomy
- Total procto-colectomy
- Abdomino-perineal resection (APR)
- Low anterior resection (LAR)
- Rectal resection with reconstruction
- Colostomy or ileostomy reversals
- Pouch procedures
- Ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA)
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Robotic surgery
- Endoscopic procedures for the colon
When possible, surgeons perform minimally invasive surgeries (using smaller incisions than traditional surgery), which can result in less pain, scarring and blood loss.
Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal cancer refers to cancer that starts in either the colon or the rectum. Many of these cancers start as a polyp, but most polyps aren’t cancerous. The best way to detect this type of cancer is a colonoscopy, during which precancerous cells
can be identified and often removed.
Our team works together to provide you with a personalized care plan should you be diagnosed with colorectal cancer, including access to clinical trials.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
For those with suspected IBD, we start with a complete evaluation, which may involve blood work, endoscopic procedures and diagnostic imaging. The doctors who collaborate with us will rule out other causes for your symptoms before diagnosing IBD and work
with gastroenterologists to provide you with a personalized care plan. The first line of treatment is usually lifestyle changes and medical therapy, including anti-inflammatory drugs and immune system suppressors. In some cases, surgery may bring
relief.
Pelvic Floor Problems
Don’t suffer in silence with a pelvic floor disorder. If untreated, disorders of the pelvic floor may result in fecal incontinence (accidental bowel leakage), urinary problems or prolapse symptoms (when organs fall out of normal position). We can
provide you with an evaluation of your problem and work with other specialists in a collaborative approach to offer you the treatment options that are right for you.
