Physician
Colon & Rectal Surgery
Dr. James W. Fleshman Jr., MD
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James Fleshman is an expert in the field of Colon & Rectal Surgery. He attended Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He received awards:"Fellow (FACS)". Doctor James W. Fleshman Jr., MD is a published doctor as well. He has 77 publications published. The latest was: Replacing Transanal Excision with Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery and/or Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery for Early Rectal Cancer. He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Current concepts in Rectal cancer.
- Utilizing the multidisciplinary team for planning and monitoring care and quality improvement.
- Changing the Way We Manage Rectal Cancer-Standardizing TME from Open to Robotic (Including Laparoscopic).
- Replacing TransAnal Excision with TransAnal Endoscopic Microsurgery and/or TransAnal Minimally Invasive Surgery for Early Rectal Cancer.
- Failure of evidence-based cancer care in the United States: the association between Rectal cancer treatment, cancer center volume, and geography.
- Proceedings of the First International Summit on Intestinal Anastomotic Leak, Chicago, Illinois, October 4-5, 2012.
- Segmental versus extended resection for sporadic coloRectal cancer in young patients.
- A Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study of Non-cross-linked Porcine Acellular Dermal Matrix Fascial Sublay for Parastomal Reinforcement in Patients Un...
- Histopathologic advantages of compression ring anastomosis healing as compared with stapled anastomosis in a porcine model: a blinded comparative study.
- Five Fractions of Radiation Therapy Followed by 4 Cycles of FOLFOX Chemotherapy as Preoperative Treatment for Rectal Cancer.
- Optimizing rectal cancer management: Analysis of current evidence.
- Accordion complication grading predicts short-term outcome after right colectomy.
- Obesity Increases Risk for Pouch-Related Complications Following Restorative Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch-Anal anastomosis (IPAA).
- Minimally Invasive Surgery for Rectal Cancer.
- Time to initiation of postoperative chemotherapy: an outcome measure for patients undergoing laparoscopic resection for Rectal cancer.
- Liver fatty acid binding protein (L-Fabp) modifies Intestinal fatty acid composition and adenoma formation in ApcMin/+ mice.
- A Novel Approach to Assessing Technical Competence of ColoRectal Surgery Residents: The Development and Evaluation of the ColoRectal Objective Structured Assessment of...
- Treatment of fistula-in-ano using a porcine small intestinal submucosa Anal fistula plug.
- Laparoscopic approaches in oncology.
- Evaluation of Bioabsorbable Seamguard for Staple Line Reinforcement in Stapled Rectal Anastomoses.
- Colon Cancer.
- Learning to recycle.
- Should we, not could we? A commentary on "Pyloric valve transposition as substitute for a colostomy in humans: a preliminary report".
- The efficacy of nonoperative management of acute complicated diverticulitis.
- Clinically Enlarged Lateral Pelvic Lymph Nodes Do Not Influence Prognosis after Neoadjuvant Therapy and TME in Stage III Rectal Cancer.
- 1.5:1 meshed AlloDerm bolsters for stapled Rectal anastomoses does not provide any advantage in anastomotic strength in a porcine model.
- Thymidylate synthase genotype-directed neoadjuvant chemoradiation for patients with Rectal adenocarcinoma.
- The impact of professionalism.
- Laparoscopic vs open resection for patients with Rectal cancer: comparison of perioperative outcomes and long-term survival.
- Laparoscopy for Rectal cancer.
- Laparoscopic versus open 2-stage ileal pouch: laparoscopic approach allows for faster restoration of Intestinal continuity.
- A Phase 1 study of UCN-01 in combination with irinotecan in patients with resistant solid tumor Malignancies.
- Laparoscopic colectomy using Cancer principles is appropriate for colonoscopically unresectable adenomas of the colon.
- Stage IV Rectal cancer with liver metastases: is there a benefit to resection of the primary tumor?
- Ex vivo sentinel lymph node mapping in patients undergoing proctectomy for Rectal cancer.
- Laparoscopy for colon and Rectal cancer.
- Getting old shouldn't be an emergency.
- Radiotherapy for epidermoid Carcinoma of the anus: thirty years' experience.
- A multicenter study of prevalence and risk factors for aberrant crypt foci.
- Total number of lymph nodes as a quality of care measure for stage III colon Cancer: is it reliable as a quality indicator?
- Should Total Number of Lymph Nodes be Used as a Quality of Care Measure for StageIII Colon Cancer?
- A Multi-Center Study of Prevalence and Risk Factors for Aberrant Crypt Foci.
- Laparoscopic vs. open total abdominal colectomy for severe Colitis: impact on recovery and subsequent completion restorative proctectomy.
- Pyogenic complications of Crohn's Disease, evaluation, and management.
- An incremental step in patient safety: reducing the risks of retained foreign bodies by the use of an integrated laparotomy pad/retractor.
- Adoption of laparoscopic colectomy: results and implications of ASCRS hands-on course participation.
- Recurrence and quality of life following perineal proctectomy for Rectal prolapse.
- Hand-assisted laparoscopic vs. laparoscopic coloRectal surgery: a multicenter, prospective, randomized trial.
- Tumor response and survival predicted by post-therapy FDG-PET/CT in Anal cancer.
- Detection and management of extrahepatic coloRectal cancer in patients with resectable liver metastases.
- FDG-PET/CT in the evaluation of Anal carcinoma.
- Preoperative Anal manometry predicts continence after perineal proctectomy for rectal prolapse.
- ColoRectal gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a brief review.
- Reduction in adhesive small-bowel obstruction by Seprafilm adhesion barrier after Intestinal resection.
- Is there any difference in recurrence rates in laparoscopic ileocolic resection for Crohn's Disease compared with conventional surgery? A long-term, follow-up study.
- Minimally invasive procedures: what family physicians need to know.
- Delayed treatment for Rectal cancer.
- RetroRectal tumors: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.
- Sentinel lymph node mapping for adenoCarcinoma of the colon does not improve staging accuracy.
- Outcome of salvage abdominoperineal resection after failed endocavitary radiation in patients with Rectal cancer.
- Outcomes, risk of other malignancies, and need for formal mapping procedures in patients with periAnal Bowen's disease.
- Neoadjuvant therapy for Rectal cancer: histologic response of the primary tumor predicts nodal status.
- Fibrin glue treatment of complex Anal fistulas has low success rate.
- Obesity decreases perioperative tissue oxygenation.
- Hand-assisted laparoscopic colectomy techniques.
- The addition of continuous infusion 5-FU to preoperative radiation therapy increases tumor response, leading to increased sphincter preservation in locally advanced re...
- AGA technical review on the diagnosis and care of patients with Anal fissure.
- Supplemental perioperative fluid administration increases tissue oxygen pressure.
- Prospective evaluation of anesthetic technique for anoRectal surgery.
- The safety and efficacy of the artificial bowel sphincter for fecal incontinence: results from a multicenter cohort study.
- Surgical treatment of Rectal cancer.
- Locoregional recurrence and survival after curative resection of adenoCarcinoma of the colon.
- Surgeon specialty is associated with outcome in Rectal cancer treatment.
- The effect of the surgeon and the pathologist on patient survival after resection of colon and Rectal cancer.
- Early experience with stapled hemorrhoidectomy in the United States.
- Copper-64-pyruvaldehyde-bis(N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazone) for the prevention of tumor growth at wound sites following laparoscopic surgery: monitoring therapy response...
Schools
Washington University St Louis
Barnes Jewish Hospital
University Toronto
Procedures Preformed
- Anoscopy With Removal of Anal Tumor
- Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
- Appendectomy, Open
- Colectomy
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Conditions Treated
- Anal and Rectal Cancer
- Anal Fissure
- Anal Fistula
- AnoRectal Abscess
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Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital -
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Hospital
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Baylor University Medical Center
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