Colon and Rectal Symptoms, Diagnoses, and Procedures

Symptoms/Diagnoses
Abdominal pain/bloating, mass
Abscess, anus, rectum
Anal fissure, fistula
Anal incontinence
Anal warts/condylomas
Bleeding, rectal
Blood in the stool
Bowel obstruction
Cancer, anus, rectum, large bowel/colon
Condylomas, anal warts
Constipation
Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, ischemic colitis
Familial adenomatous polyposis
Fecal impaction
Fecal incontinence
Fissure, anal
Fistula, anorectal, rectovaginal, intestinal/enterocutaneous
Diarrhea
Diverticulosis, diverticulitis
Hematochezia
Hemorrhoids
Incontinence, anal, gas/stool
Inflammatory bowel disease
Irritable bowel syndrome
Megacolon
Melena (blood in stool)
Neoplasm (polyps)
Obstruction of the bowel/colon
Pain, anal or rectal
Perforated intestine
Peritonitis
Pilonidal cyst
Polyps (neoplasms), rectum and colon
Positive hemoccult
Pouchitis
Proctitis
Prolapse, rectum, intestine
Pruritus ani
Rectal bleeding, blood in the stool
Rectocele
Stoma problems of colostomy, ileostomy
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's colitis
Volvulus, twisted bowel
Warts, anal

Scoping Procedures
Anoscopy
Proctoscopy
Flexible sigmoidoscopy
Colonoscopy
With or without biopsy, coagulation, decompression, dilation, fulguration, polypectomy.

Anorectal Surgeries/Abdominal Surgeries
Abdominoperineal resection (rectum removed)
Anoplasty
Colectomy, partial-left, right
Colectomy, total
Colostomy, create or takedown/closure, revision
Dilation of anorectal strictures
Exploratory laparotomy and enterolysis
Fissurotomy, sphincterotomy
Fistulotomy, fistulectomy
Fulguration of anal condylomas/warts
Hemicolectomy (half of colon removed)
Hemorrhoidectomy or banding or excision
Ileostomy, create or takedown/close, revision
Incision and drainage of abscess
Laparoscopy of the bowel
Low or high anterior resection (rectosigmoid colon removed)
Pilonidal cystectomy
Parks' pouch (colon removed, pouch created)
Pelvic exenteration
Proctectomy (rectum removed)
Proctocolectomy (rectum & colon removed)
Proctopexy, perineal or abdominal (repair rectal prolapse)
Proctoplasty (repair prolapsed hemorrhoids or stenosis)
Sphincteroplasty (repair anal sphincter muscle)
Sphincterotomy, fissurotomy
Small bowel resection
Subtotal colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis
Total proctocolectomy with ileostomy
Transanal excision of rectal tumor, presacral tumor

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