Colorectal Surgery

Setting the Standard for Cloacal Malformation Management
Setting the Standard for Cloacal Malformation Management 1024 928 Katie Brind'Amour, PhD, MS, CHES

The team in the Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has transformed the profession’s approach to surgical care and follow-up, dramatically altering patient outcomes in the process. To say that cloacal malformation management has been historically understudied may be an understatement. “At the time we published our surgical protocol, it was…

Planning, Teamwork and Technology Essential to Conjoined Twins’ Separation
Planning, Teamwork and Technology Essential to Conjoined Twins’ Separation 150 150 Abbie Miller

In a meticulously planned 16-hour operation, a 30-person team from four specialties successfully separated 11-month-old twins conjoined at the buttocks and lower spine. Specialists from General Pediatric Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Neurosurgery and Colorectal Surgery worked together to plan and execute a successful separation of conjoined twin girls, Acen and Apio, earlier this month. “In surgery,…