Past Issues
Issue 1: Updates on Colorectal Conditions : Haemorrhoids
01. HEMORRHOIDS - The Basics 02. Internal or External hemorrhoids?
03. How are hemorrhoids diagnosed 04. Rectal bleeding
05. General measures for hemorrhoid treatment 06. CARET Service
07. Hemorrhoids at a glance 08. Rubber Band Ligation
09. Diathermy hemorrhoidectomy 10. Stapled hemorrhoidectomy
 
Issue 2: Anal Fissures – A Rear-end Pain
1. Introduction 2. Adjunct Investigations
3. Aspects of Treating Fissures 4. Medicines – Do They Work?
5. Surgery to ease the pain 6. Recurrent anal fissures and alternative procedures
7. Take-home points  
 
Issue 3: Screening for Colorectal Cancer
1. Introduction 2. Why Screen
3. Who to screen 4. How to screen
4.1 Fecal occult blood tests (FOBT) 4.2 Colonoscopy
4.3 Barium enema 4.4 CT Colography/Virtual Colonoscopy
5. Colorectal Cancer at a glance  
 
Issue 4: The NUH Multidisciplinary Pelvic Floor Centre (PFC)
1. What are pelvic floor disorders 2. The significance of pelvic floor disorders
3. The NUH Pelvic Floor Centre (PFC) Approach 4. What is the pelvic floor and how do pelvic floor disorders develop
5. Pelvic Floor Laboratory 6. Surgery for Pelvic Floor Prolapse – Current approach, future directions by Dr James Lee (O&G)
7. The Overactive bladder by Dr Siow Woei Yun (Urology)  
 
Issue 5: Anal fistula and Anorectal Sepsis
1. Anal Fistula 2. Natural History of Anal Fistula
3. The 'Simple' and the 'Complex' Anal Fistula 4. How do Patients with Anal Fistula Present?
5. How to Examine? 6. How to Investigate?
7. Principles of Management 8. Anal Fistula in a nutshell
 
Issue 6: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
1 Irritable Bowel Syndrome 2 Diagnosis
3 Pathophysiology 4 Approach to Treatment
5 Treatment Modalities 7. Points to remember
 

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