लेखक: Scott R. Steele

David E. Beck, MD, FACS, FASCRSOchsner Clinic Foundation, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, New Orleans, LA, USA Steven D. Wexner, MD, Ph D(Hon), FACS, FRCS, FRCS(Ed)Cleveland Clinic Florida, Director, Digestive Disease Center, Chair, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Emeritus Chief of Staff Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine, Affiliate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Florida International University College of Medicine, Clinical Professor and Affiliate Dean for Clinical Education, Weston, FL, USA Tracy L. Hull, MDThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Digestive Disease Institute, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland, OH, USA Patricia L. Roberts, MD, FACS, FASCRSLahey Clinic, Tufts University School of Medicine, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Burlington, MA, USA Theodore J. Saclarides, MDLoyola University Medical Center, Professor of Surgery, Head, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Maywood, IL, USA Anthony J. Senagore, MD, FACS, FASCRSCentral Michigan University School of Medicine, Chairman, Surgical Disciplines, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA Michael J. Stamos, MD, FACS, FASCRSUniversity of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, John E. Connolly Chair, Professor of Surgery, Irvine, CA, USA Scott R. Steele, M.D., FACS, FASCRS       Madigan Army Medical Center, Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Fort Lewis, WA, USA