GI Recovery Case Catalogue

The GI Recovery Cases provide clinicians with an opportunity to evaluate actual patient scenarios and consider evidence-based management options to facilitate GI recovery following colorectal surgeries. Cases include patient history, specific perioperative measures, and results where available. This section offers downloads of PowerPoint^®. If you do not have MS PowerPoint^® installed on your computer, you can download the Free Viewer by clicking here.

Tong Joo (TJ) Gan, MD, FRCA, FFARCS(I)

Professor of Anesthesiology
Vice Chairman Clinical Research
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Fluid Management
• A 68-year-old female undergoes a partial open colectomy. Evidence regarding goal-directed fluid administration and postoperative bowel recovery is presented.
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Multimodal Pain Management
• A 65-year-old male undergoes a left hemicolectomy, followed by a partial nephrectomy 6 weeks later. Pain management strategies that help to minimize opioid-related gastrointestinal dysfunction are included.
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Robert MacLaren, PharmD, BSc (Pharm), FCCM, FCCP

Associate Professor
School of Pharmacy
University of Colorado Denver
 
Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist
University of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, Colorado

A Case-Based Approach Delineating the Use of Pharmacologic Agents for the Management of Postoperative Ileus
• A 57-year-old male undergoes an urgent open laparotomy for a partial colectomy. Evidence regarding the use of laxatives, prokinetic agents, and peripherally-acting mu opioid receptor antagonists is presented.
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A Case-Based Approach Focusing on Nutrition and Sham Feeding for Managing Postoperative Ileus
• A 44-year-old female undergoes a laparoscopic sigmoid resection. Data related to the utility of preoperative therapies, nasogastric tubes, enteral nutrition and sham feeding as they relate to gastrointestinal recovery are included.
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Anthony J. Senagore, MD, MBA, MS, FACS, FASCRS

Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
Spectrum Health Medical Group
 
Professor of Surgery
Michigan State University
College of Human Medicine
East Lansing, Michigan

Delayed GI Recovery Following Colectomy
• A 55-year-old male undergoes an open sigmoid colectomy. Data regarding the clinical and economic impact of delayed gastrointestinal recovery following colorectal surgery are presented.
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Laparoscopic Versus Open Colectomy: Case Selection and Techniques
• A 65-year-old male undergoes a laparoscopic sigmoid colectomy. Evidence regarding the benefits associated with laparoscopic colorectal surgery and enhanced recovery protocols are presented.
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