Colorectal / Proctology

About Colorectal / Proctology

What is Proctology or Colorectal Surgery?

Proctology or Colorectal Surgery is a branch of medicine that is dealing with illnesses of the colon, rectum and anus.

A Proctologist or Colorectal Surgeon is a general surgeon that has undergone further study in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions pertaining the colon rectum and anus.

AZHD’s Colorectal Surgery/Proctology/Colonoscopy Department treats patients age 5 to adulthood and offers the following range of services

Endoscopy: Colonoscopy, Polyp removal, Tumor resection without surgery, Treatment of colon narrowing, Treatment of colon inflammation, Stent placement, Treatment of surgical complications
Proctology: Treatment of anal pain, hemorrhoids treatment including office based procedures, fissure, fistula, warts, sexually transmitted disease, human papilloma virus infection, dysphasia, anal tumor, hidradenitis suppurativa skin infections
Pelvic floor conditions: stool incontinence (inability to control bowel motion), anal or rectal prolapse (protrusion), vaginal fistula, bladder or prostate fistula, difficulty with evacuation, solitary rectal ulcer, rectocele or vaginal bulge, pilonidal hair cyst disease, anal manometry, anorectal ultrasound, anal EMG and pudendal nerve studies
Functional disorders of the abdomen: constipation, bloating, abdominal pain, heart burns, gas
Cancer Treatment: Anal cancer, Rectal cancer, Colon cancer, Small bowel cancer, Sarcoma of the abdomen and pelvis, rare abdominal and pelvic tumors (Desmoid, Carcinoid, pelvic tumors)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease & Autoimmune Disorders: Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Polyps: Colorectal Polyps, Small Bowel Polyps, Polyposis Syndrome
Diverticulosis and diverticulitis of colon and small bowel
Wound and stoma management; ileostomy and colostomy care, abdominal and anal wound treatment
Cosmetic surgery: anal and buttock reconstruction, skin tags excision, fat removal
Laparoscopic camera surgery

Central Nervous System

Open visitation with only two visitors in a room at any given time. No one under 12 years of age may.

Allergic Disorders

Open visitation with only two visitors in a room at any given time. No one under 12 years of age may.

Neoplastic Disorders

Open visitation with only two visitors in a room at any given time. No one under 12 years of age may.

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For the respiratory system

For the ear, nose and oropharynx

For the respiratory system

Chest CT Scan

Although pulmonary medicine only began to evolve as a medical specialty in the 1950s, William Welch and William Osler founded the ‘parent’ organization of the American Thoracic Society

One of the first major discoveries relevant to the field of pulmonology was the discovery of pulmonary circulation. Originally, it was thought that blood reaching the right side of the heart passed through small ‘pores’ in the septum into the left side to be oxygenated, as theorized by Galen; however, the discovery of pulmonary circulation disproves this theory, which had previously been accepted since the 2nd century. Thirteenth century anatomist and physiologist Ibn Al-Nafis accurately theorized that there was no ‘direct’ passage between the two sides.