I: Benign -- Large bowel obstruction -- Chronic ulcerative colitis -- Crohnn’s disease of the small bowel and colon -- Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction -- Surgical therapy of constipation -- Diverticulitis -- Polyposis syndromes of the colon -- Clinical management of patients with fecal incontinence -- Pruritus ani -- Rectovaginal fistulas -- Pseudomembranous colitis -- Toxic megacolon -- Colonic volvulus -- Rectal prolapse and solitary rectal ulcer -- Ischemic colitis -- Hemorrhoids -- II: Malignant -- Premalignant polyps of the colon and rectum -- Management of colon cancer -- Appendiceal epithelial neoplasms and pseudomyxoma peritonei, a distinct clinical entity with distinct treatments -- Anal cancer -- Rectal cancer: issues for the 21st century, a practical update for the surgeon -- Adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy for colorectal carcinoma -- III: Gastrointestinal bleeding -- Lower gastrointestinal bleeding -- Obscure overt gastrointestinal bleeding -- IV: Minimally invasive procedures -- Laparoscopic colectomy

1. Colorectal surgery