Triage optimisation in patients with symptoms suspicious of colorectal cancer -- Total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) in rectal cancer; where now, where next? -- Quality of life considerations in extended pelvic resection for advanced and recurrent malignancy -- Lynch syndrome: detection and optimising outcomes -- Neoadjuvant therapy in colon cancer -- Appendiceal neoplasia -- Patient optimisation for colorectal surgery -- Chronic perineal sinus: prevention and therapeutic options in established disease -- Contemporary management of the open abdomen -- Anastomotic techniques for Crohn's surgery -- Modern treatment of haemorrhoids -- Microbiome manipulation in coloproctology -- Forty years of the ileoanal pouch surgery: epidemiology and management of late failure -- Contemporary management of Fistula in ano.

Colorectal surgery has been evolving rapidly over recent years and the COVID pandemic has necessitated a critical approach to all aspects of care. This book offers an up-to-date appraisal of the increasingly used neoadjuvant therapy. In many situations a multidisciplinary approach is taken to achieve high quality and successful outcomes. In addition, topics such as the management of the open abdomen, complex abdominal wall reconstruction, artificial intelligence and modern management of inflammatory bowel disease are covered. Written by experts in their field, this book is of interest to both trainees and practicing surgeons in coloproctology.