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Colorectal Cancer & Surgery Videos by Dr. Ritesh AnandSixty seconds each. Nothing sold, nothing exaggerated.
Short vertical clips answering the questions patients are too embarrassed to ask, and technique notes for colleagues between cases. Browse by category below.
For patients
Symptoms & red flags
What bleeding, bowel change and pain actually mean — and when to stop waiting.
Blood in the stool is not always piles
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Blood in the stool is not always piles
The one question that separates a haemorrhoid from something that needs a scope.
Under 45 and bleeding?
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Under 45 and bleeding?
Early-onset colorectal cancer is rising. Age is no longer reassurance.
For patients
Tests & screening
Colonoscopy, scans and staging, explained without the jargon.
What a colonoscopy actually feels like
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What a colonoscopy actually feels like
Sedation, timing, and why the prep is the only hard part.
For patients
Treatment & recovery
Surgery, stomas and life afterwards — honest answers to the fears people carry.
Will I end up with a permanent bag?
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Will I end up with a permanent bag?
Most low rectal tumours today are managed with sphincter preservation.
For doctors
Operative technique
Sixty-second plane and landmark notes from robotic and laparoscopic cases.
Finding the holy plane
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Finding the holy plane
60-second orientation to the TME plane in a narrow male pelvis.
CVL landmarks in a right hemicolectomy
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CVL landmarks in a right hemicolectomy
Superior mesenteric vein and gastrocolic trunk exposure, in short form.
Defining the intersphincteric groove
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Defining the intersphincteric groove
Perineal phase orientation for organ-preserving resection.
For doctors
Imaging & staging
Reading the rectum MRI and calling the CRM with confidence.
Reading an ambiguous MRI rectum
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Reading an ambiguous MRI rectum
The three lines to check before you call it threatened CRM.
A clip can explain. It cannot examine you.
If something in these videos sounded like your own symptoms, get it looked at properly — a free second opinion costs you nothing but the time to send your reports.