Colorectal Disorders and Diseases

Constantine P. Spanos is a Professor of Surgery at the Aristotelian University in Thessaloniki, Greece. He obtained his MD from the Aristotle University School of Medicine in 1992. After an internship year at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, he trained in General Surgery at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He subsequently pursued fellowship training in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the American College of Thessaloniki. He is currently certified (and recertified) by both the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons as well as the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.

1. Anorectal Examination
2. Colorectal Radiology
3. Physiologic Assessment
4. Enhanced Recovery Protocols
5. Bowel Preparation
6. Melena and Hematochezia
7. Anal Disease in Neutropenic Patients
8. Evaluation of Anal Mass
9. Evaluation of Constipation
10. Anal Fissure
11. Anal Stenosis and Stricture
12. Anorectal Abscess
13. Fistula-in-Ano
14. Rectovaginal fistula
15. External Hemorrhoids
16. Internal Hemorrhoids
17. Pilonidal Disease
18. Pruritus and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
19. Pruritus Ani Treatment
20. Hidradenitis Suppurativa
21. Fournier’s Gangrene
22. Anal Epithelial Neoplasia
23. Anal Margin Lesions
24. Anal Cancer
25. Pelvic Outlet Obstruction
26. Fecal Incontinence
27. Constipation: Treatment
28. Retrorectal Tumors
29. Rectal Prolapse
30. Rectal Cancer
31. Rectal Cancer: Metastatic Disease, Emergencies and Follow-up
32. Colon Cancer
33. Colon Cancer: Treatment
34. Diverticulitis
35. Large Bowel Obstruction
36. Volvulus
37. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
38. Colorectal Trauma
39. Endometriosis
40. Ulcerative Colitis: Causes, Clinical Presentation
41. Ulcerative Colitis: Diagnosis, Severity Assessment
42. Ulcerative Colitis: Operative Therapy
43. Crohn’s Disease: Causes, Clinical Presentation
44. Crohn’s Disease: Diagnosis
45. Crohn’s Disease: Medical therapy
46. Crohn’s Disease: Surgery
47. Perianal Crohn’s
48. Infectious Colitis
49. Clostridioides Difficile Colitis
50. Ischemic Colitis
51. Adenomatous Polyposis Syndromes
52. Hamartomatous Polyposis Syndromes
53. Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer (Lynch Syndrome)
54. Serrated Polyposis Syndrome
55. Malignant Polyps
56. Appendiceal Neoplasms
57. Peritoneal Surface Malignancy