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Colorectal Surgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Fellowship-trained sub-specialists in colon and rectal surgery offer surgical services for disorders and disease of the colon, rectum, anus, and pelvic floor.Conditions Managed Colon, rectal, anal cancers Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s, Ulcerative Colitis) Diverticulitis Hereditary polyposis syndromes Stoma/ostomy…

Fellowship-trained sub-specialists in colon and rectal surgery offer surgical services for disorders and disease of the colon, rectum, anus, and pelvic floor.

Conditions Managed

  • Colon, rectal, anal cancers
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s, Ulcerative Colitis)
  • Diverticulitis
  • Hereditary polyposis syndromes
  • Stoma/ostomy complications
  • Fecal incontinence
  • Pilonidal disease
  • Complex anorectal issues: fissures, recurrent fistula, hemorrhoids, condyloma

Services

  • Laparoscopic, robotic, and open surgical techniques for colon and rectal cancer, diverticulitis and inflammatory bowel disease
  • Sphincter-sparing rectal cancer surgery
  • Trans-anal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS)
  • LIFT (ligation of intersphincteric fistula tract) procedure
  • Hemorrhoid treatments: fiber counseling, banding, transanal doppler-guided hemorrhoid artery ligation, hemorrhoidectomy
  • Fissure treatments: counseling, lateral internal sphincterotomy, botox injection
  • Sacral nerve stimulator implantation for fecal incontinence
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy, proctoscopy, and anoscopy

date: 2026-02-10 08:53:00

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