Anal Surgery for General Surgeons

The author was driven to write this book for several reasons. It is his belief, based on personal experience, that the subject matter, a common phenomenon, is largely ignored at worst or badly taught at best with predictably bad or uncertain outcomes. While this book is aimed mainly at General Surgeons who do not regularly treat or operate on these cases it may also be of interest to others such as colorectal surgeons, trainee surgeons or even medical students. It reflects my personal experience on three continents with several thousand such patients, over more than fifty years of surgical practice. Hopefully, its message will help to fill existing gaps and many patients will bene t.