Colon and Rectal Surgery in Minnesota

Services

The Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery is a major referral center for all types of colon and rectal problems. Patients are often referred to Mayo Clinic because their problems are unusual or extremely complex. Referrals may come from patients themselves or from a primary care physician or another specialist.

When you become a Mayo Clinic patient, you will receive a comprehensive evaluation, often involving multiple Mayo specialists, to ensure an accurate diagnosis and the development of an appropriate treatment plan. An integrated team approach means that your physician can rapidly consultant with other specialists to fully assess your medical needs. In many cases this thorough evaluation occurs not weeks or months later, but within the span of a single visit.

Expertise

Mayo Clinic colon and rectal surgeons are leaders in the use of minimally invasive surgery, or laparoscopic surgery, which uses a pencil-thin instrument and miniature camera to perform the surgery through small incisions. Surgeons also use colostomy-sparing surgical methods. Areas of special expertise include:

• Anorectal diseases and problems
• Abscesses
• Anal fissure
• Anal fistula
• Hemorrhoids
• Polyps or adenomas
• Colonic dysmotility
• Colonoscopy
• Colorectal cancer (primary and recurrent)
• Colorectal polyps
• Constipation
• Crohn's disease
• Diverticulitis
• Fecal incontinence
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Pelvic floor dysfunction
• Polyposis syndromes
• Pouchitis
• Rectal cancer
• Rectal prolapse
• Ulcerative colitis
• Virtual colonoscopy