News & Notes

A book entitled Essentials of Robotic Surgery, edited by Manak Sood, MD and Stefan W Leichtle, MD, was recently released by Spry Publishing and is now widely available. This text includes chapters for each discipline, including a comprehensive analysis of colorectal techniques and outcomes.

March is colorectal cancer awareness month. To raise awareness of how important screening colonoscopy is in the prevention of colorectal cancer, Lila Lazarus allowed her colonoscopy to be performed by Dr Amanda McClure live on Facebook.