Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

You are planning to perform an APR on a patient with rectal cancer. How will you create your permanent stoma? Is there a role for prophylactic mesh? Post operatively at one year surveillance they have developed a parastomal hernia, when do you fix it and how? Join Drs. Abelson, Marcello and Aulet and special guest Dr. Paul Sturrock as they discuss key management considerations.  Learning Objectives: 1.     Describe the different types of parastomal hernia repairs 2.     List indications for repair of parastomal hernias 3.     Discuss the approach to managing parastomal hernias Articles: Steele S, et al. The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery, fourth ed. 2022.  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-66049-9 J C Goligher, Extraperitoneal colostomy or ileostomy, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 46, Issue 196, September 1958, Pages 97–103, https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.18004619602   ***SPECIALTY TEAM APPLICATION LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdX2a_zsiyaz-NwxKuUUa5cUFolWhOw3