Multimodal rehabilitation: Pre- and intraoperative optimization in CRC surgery

Achieving Health Equity: Advancing Colorectal Surgery among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in America

“…3 CRS includes a host of operative procedures (both abdominal and anorectal surgeries) performed to treat various pathologies of the lower gastrointestinal tract. 4 In this review, however, we will focus primarily on inequities that exist surrounding the surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) 5 and colorectal cancer (CRC). 6 A large percentage of patients with IBD and CRC will require surgery during their lifetime, and both diseases disproportionately burden NHB patients in terms of disease morbidity, postoperative complications, and long-term outcomes.…”