Colorectal Surgery
Colorectal
surgery is a branch of medicine that specialises in treating
conditions involving the colon, anus, and rectum. The discipline is sometimes
known as proctology; however, this term is no longer frequently used in
medicine and is now more frequently used to describe operations that explicitly
target the anus and rectum.
The risk of morbidity and
mortality is higher in colorectal surgery compared to other general surgery
subspecialties.