Colorectal Surgeons , Sydney

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Colorectal Surgeons, Sydney
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Colorectal Cancer An Introduction

• Colorectal cancer is a cancer that affects most
  of the people around the world. Both men and
  women of all ages are getting affected with this
  health condition.
• High Anterior Resection is the surgery to remove
  the part of the
• rectum and part of the left side of the large
  bowel and it is a
• common way to treat colorectal cancer.
• Colorectal Surgeons, Sydney provides best
  treatment for those who suffer from Colorectal
  cancer.

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Cancer-The Hard Reality

• Overcome through courage and
  strength

• Often people find it difficult to face the harsh
  reality of cancerous
• conditions. However, trust understands that every
  dark path has its light at the end!
• Cancer, especially bowel cancer, can often be
  cured through
• effective surgery thus, gifting you a new life.
  So, do not be afraid
• to undergo a high anterior resection for, you
  know
• Once you choose hope, anything is
  possible.

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High Anterior Resection

• In general medical terms, a high anterior
  resection means surgically removing your sigmoid
  colon, located left of your abdominal cavity and
  the upper part of your rectum.
• The abdominal cavity essentially is your tummy
  whereas the rectum is at the end of the large
  bowel and is the faeces storage organ of the
  bowel.

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• After removal, doctors join a part of the
  remaining colon with the rectum. This surgical
  procedure is commonly used to treat sigmoid
  colon, recto sigmoid cancers and upper rectal
  cancers. The entire
• rectum is more often removed for mid rectal and
  lower rectal
• cancers The surgery can be a stand-alone
  procedure or may be combined with chemotherapy or
  radiotherapy.

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ANASTOMOSIS

• When the two ends of healthy bowel are joined by
  surgical stitching the entire process is called
  an ANASTOMOSIS. Wounds
• resulting from the operation on your abdomen
  depend of whether
• the procedure was done laparoscopic ally
  (key-hole) or open
• (usually larger cut down the midline, sometimes
  across) and will be closed either by stitches or
  by skin clips. Doctors usually remove
• any kind of visible stitches or clips after 7 to
  12 days.

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Objectives of Surgery

• 1.To remove the bowel cancer itself and the
  draining lymph glands
• that may have tumour deposits in them.
• 2.To return the bowel continuity so that you can
  go to the toilet
• normally.
• 3.To get you back to normal activities as soon as
  is possible.

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Before Surgery

• 1.Routine medical investigations like blood
  tests, chest X-ray, ECG and scans, possibly
  including CT, MRI and PET, are conducted to
• analyse the extent of a patients malignancy.
• 2. Doctors, nurses, clinical nurse consultants,
  and other allied health professional provide
  emotional and mental wellness support so that
  patients and their loved ones can get through
  this most testing and
• trying of times, to maximise the potential for
  successful treatment.

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• 3.Many doctors get the patient to clear their
  bowels with a
• preparation the day prior to the surgical
  procedure.
• 4.During and after surgery, the heart and lung
  conditions are
• monitored to maximise management and minimize any
  post-surgery
• issues.

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After Surgery

• Most patients undergoing a high anterior
  resection return to a bed on the surgical ward
  after the procedure.
• Some patients with many co-morbid conditions may
  require high
• dependency of intensive care unit monitoring for
  the first 24 to 48
• hours after a procedure.

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• A urinary catheter is kept for 48 hours to drain
  the patients
• bladder and sometimes, an abdomen drain is also
  used.
• Pain relief eases post-surgery discomforts, and
  this is monitored
• and adjusted on a regular basis.
• A patients day to day improvement post-surgery
  is assessed by
• doctors and nursing staff, ensuring maximum
  comfort and return to normal function and
  discharge as soon as possible.

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Advantages of Higher Anterior Resection

• Include removal of the bowel cancer and draining
  lymph glands, and return of the bowel to normal
  and non-obstructed function.
• Moreover, as discussed before, often the surgery
  requires cancer other therapies like
  radio-therapies or chemotherapy in addition
• to treat the malignant condition.
• Elective bowel cancer surgery has a mortality
  rate of less than
• 1 after such resection and most patients
  return to their usual
• activities in 4 to 6 weeks.

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• Most people, regardless of any age group,
  suffering from bowel cancer, can safely undergo
  this surgery.
• For, a better tomorrow awaits
  you!

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Contact Us

• CSCS,
• RPAH Medical
  Centre,
• Suite 415/ 100
  Carillon Ave,
• Newtown NSW
  2042,Australia
• Phone 02 9519
  7576
• Fax [phone]
• http//colorectal-surgeon
  .com.au/