Contributors Foreword by V.Fazio Preface to second edition Preface to first edition Acknowledgements VOLUME ONE PRINCIPLES 1.Anatomy and Physiology lnvestigations 2.Running a Colorectal Surgery Service 3.Mechanical Bowel Preparation 4.Nutritional Care 5.Sepsis and the Use of Antibiotic Cover in Colorectal Surgery 6.Surgical Principles 7.Auaesthesia for Colorectal Surgery STOMAS AND RELATED PROBLEMS 8.IIeostomy 9.Colostomy 10.Persistent Perineal Sinus 11.Impaired Sexual Function after Rectal Surgery ANAL DISEASES 12.Haemorrhoiadl Disease 13.Fissure-in-Ano 14.Hidradenitis Suppurativa 15.Anorectal Abscess 16.Anorectal Fistula 17.Pilonidal Sinus 18.Perianal Warts 19.Pruritus Ani FUNCTIONAL BOWEL DISORDERS PRECANCER AND CANCER VOLUME TWO INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE ULCERATIVE COLITIS CROHN'S DISEASE LAPAROSCOPY FOR IBD EMERGENCIES INFECTIONS SPECIALIST CONSIDERATIONS PAEDIATRIC COLORECTAL SURGERY