• CANCER,  COLORECTAL,  SURGICAL

    Colorectal Cancer

    Risk Factors Age >45 years (accounts for 90% of Colon Cancer)Inflammatory Bowel Disease Ulcerative Colitis – Risk increases with duration since diagnosis (2% at 10 years of disease, 18% at 30 years of disease)Crohns Disease – Lifetime risk of Colorectal Cancer: 4-5% Adenomatous polyps >5mm (Confers RR of 2-3 times)Hamartomatous…

  • COLORECTAL,  SURGICAL

    Local anal conditions 

    Anal fissure Haemorrhoids (piles) Grading External/internal + degrees if external. Internal: Dilation of superior haemorrhoidal plexus. External: Dilation of inferior haemorrhoidal plexus – below dentate line.  🡪 Graded by degrees: □  Preferred to GTN less headaches Perianal haematoma Strangulated hemorrhoid Anorectal abscess and fistula Perianal abscess Ischiorectal abscess Anorectal fistula…