Division of Colorectal & Pelvic Floor Surgery
RESEARCH
In addition to excellent patient care, faculty members are actively involved in research projects to investigate new approaches for treatment of patients suffering from benign and malignant disorders of the colon, rectum, anus, and pelvic floor. The following are major areas of interest for the Division of Colorectal and Pelvic Floor Surgery:
- Diagnosis and management of pelvic floor disorders
- Correlation between obesity and pelvic floor disorders
- Multimodality treatment of rectal cancer
- The effects of specialization on outcomes in the treatment of colorectal diseases and pelvic floor disorders
- Development and testing of a surgical navigation system for localization of soft tissue tumors
- "Bloodless" surgery - advanced transfusion practices
- Adhesion prevention following colorectal surgery
Several studies have recently been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB):
- InterStim sacral nerve stimulation for bowel control
- A multi-center, randomized, DB sham-controlled, trial investigating submucosal delivery of RF energy to the anal canal (Secca) for the treatment of fecal incontinence
- Pelvic floor disorders: prevalence among morbidly obese women
The following bibliography demonstrates the areas of research faculty members have been involved with:
Peters JH, Ortega AE, Campbell JAJ, Schwartz DC, Innes JT, Ellison EC. "The Physiology of Laparoscopic Surgery I; Pulmonary Function Following Laparoscopic Surgery." Surgical Laparoscopy and Endoscopy 1993, 3(5):350.
Peters JH, Krailadsiri W, Incarbone R, Bremner CG, Froes E, Ireland A, Crookes P, Ortega AE, Anthone GA, Stain SA. Reasons for conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy in an urban teaching hospital. Am J of Surg 168:555-559, 1994.
Ortega AE, Yellin AE, Weaver FA. Blunt trauma injuries of the internal carotid artery. Contemp Surg 1995, 46:26-29.
Ortega AE, Hunter JG, Peters JH, Swanstrom LL, Schirmer B. A prospective, randomized comparison of laparoscopic appendectomy with open appendectomy. Am J of Surg 169:208-213, 1995.
Ortega AE, Tang E, Fores ET, Asensio JA, Katkhouda N, Demitriades D. Laparoscopic evaluation of penetrating thoracoabdominal traumatic injuries. Surg Endosc 1996; 10:19-22.
Ortega AE, Peters JH, Incarbone R, Estrada L, Ehsan A, Kwan Y, Moore-Jeffries E, Kuchta K, Spencer CJ, Nicoloff JT. A prosective randomized comparision of the metabolic and stress hormoneal responses of laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 1996;183:249
Katkhouda N, Waldred DJ, Feintein D, Soliman H, Stain SC, Ortega AE, Mouiel J. Unresolved issues in Laparoscopic Splenectomy. Am J Surg 1996; 72:585.