Clinical Practice Guidelines

The role of the Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee focuses primarily on the creation of practice parameters for various procedures to assist physicians in caring for patients with colon and rectal disease. The following clinical practice guidelines have been published in the ASCRS scientific journal Diseases of the Colon and Rectum.

2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines

Management of Rectal Cancer 2023 Supplement to 2020 Rectal Cancer CPG

Reduction of Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Colorectal Surgery
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

Management of Fecal Incontinence
Guideline PDF | PodcastVisual Abstract

Management of Anal Fissures
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

Enhanced Recovery After Colon and Rectal Surgery from ASCRS and SAGES
Guideline PDF | PodcastVisual Abstract

2022 Clinical Practice Guidelines

Ostomy Surgery
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

Management of Anorectal Abscess, Fistula-in-Ano, and Rectovaginal Fistula
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Frailty Among Older Adults Undergoing Colorectal Surgery
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

Management of Colon Cancer
Guideline PDF | PodcastVisual Abstract

2021 Clinical Practice Guidelines

Management of Colonic Volvulus and Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction
Guideline PDF | PodcastVisual Abstract

Surgical Management of Ulcerative Colitis
Guideline PDFPodcastVisual Abstract

Management of Clostridioides difficile Infection
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

Surveillance and Survivorship Care of Patients After Curative Treatment of Colon and Rectal Cancer
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2020 Clinical Practice Guidelines

Management of Rectal Cancer Management of Rectal Cancer 2023 Supplement
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

Surgical Management of Crohn's Disease
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

Treatment of Left-sided Colonic Diverticulitis
Guideline PDF | PodcastVisual Abstract

2019 Clinical Practice Guidelines

Management of Appendiceal Neoplasms
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

Management of Pilonidal Disease
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

Use of Bowel Preparation in Elective Colon and Rectal Surgery
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines

Treatment of Chronic Radiation Proctitis
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

Anal Squamous Cell Cancers
Guideline PDF | Podcast | Visual Abstract

Anorectal Physiology Testing and Pelvic Floor Terminology
Guideline PDF

Management of Hemorrhoids
Guideline PDF | Visual Abstract

2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines

Treatment of Rectal Prolapse
Guideline PDF | Visual Abstract

Management of Inherited Polyposis Syndromes
Guideline PDF

Surgical Treatment of Patients With Lynch Syndrome
Guideline PDF

Multispecialty Guideline on Reprocessing Flexible GI Endoscopes
Guideline PDF

2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines

Evaluation and Management of Constipation
Guideline PDF

2015 Clinical Practice Guidelines

Ambulatory Anorectal Surgery
Guideline PDF

The following parameters have been published in other scientific journals.