{"id":2872,"date":"2019-06-26T10:50:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T14:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/?page_id=2872"},"modified":"2025-06-12T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:56:25","slug":"diseases-conditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Diseases &amp; Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the UNC Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, we pride ourselves in treating each individual and their condition with the utmost respect, consideration, and expertise.\u00a0 Below are listed diseases and conditions managed by members of the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery:<\/p>\n<h2>Upper GI<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/hernia-surgery\/the-unc-health-hernia-center\/\">Hernia Surgery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/hiatal-hernia-surgery\/\">Hiatal Hernia Surgery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/refluxsurgery\/\">Reflux &#8220;GERD&#8221; Surgery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/weightlosssurgery\/\">Weight Loss Surgery<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Upper GI Section also provides surgical care for abdominal wall hernia defects including primary, recurrent, and complex parastomal and inguinal hernias.<\/p>\n<h2>Lower GI<\/h2>\n<h4>A. Colon and Rectum<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/colon-rectal-and-anal-cancer\/\">Colon and Rectal Cancer<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hereditary colorectal cancer (Lynch, FAP, MAP, JPS, PJS,etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Young age of onset colorectal cancer<\/li>\n<li>Rectal villous tumors<\/li>\n<li>Malignant Polyp<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #2a6496\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/inflammatory-bowel-diseases\/\">Inflammatory Bowel Disease<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #2a6496\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/diverticular-disease\/\">Diverticular Disease<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Endometriosis of colon and rectum<\/li>\n<li>Colonic Volvulus<\/li>\n<li>Rectal strictures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>B. Small intestine:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Bowel obstruction<\/li>\n<li>Enterocutaneous fistula<\/li>\n<li>Neuroendocrine and other tumors of the small bowel<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/pelvic-floor-disorders\/\">Pelvic Floor Conditions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>C. Anal and perianal region:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Anal Carcinoma<\/li>\n<li>Anal Melanoma<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/anorectal-conditions\/\">Anorectal Conditions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bowen Disease, Paget Disease<\/li>\n<li>Rectovaginal fistula<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the UNC Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, we pride ourselves in treating each individual and their condition with the utmost respect, consideration, and expertise.\u00a0 Below are listed diseases and conditions managed by members of the Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery: Upper GI Hernia Surgery Hiatal Hernia Surgery Reflux &#8220;GERD&#8221; Surgery Weight Loss Surgery The Upper GI &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/gisurgery\/forpatients\/diseases-conditions\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Diseases &amp; Conditions\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83776,"featured_media":0,"parent":2231,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-2872","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diseases &amp; 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