Research Interest

  • Minimally invasive surgery for colorectal diseases (laparoscopy and robotic surgery)
  • Colorectal Oncology
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis)
  • Transanal endoscopic microsurgery
  • Sphincter preserving operations for rectal cancer
  • Diverticulitis
  • Clostridium difficile infection after colorectal surgery
  • Postoperative abdominal adhesions
  • Parastomal hernia repair

 

 

 

WOLFGANG B GAERTNER, MD

Assistant Professor of Colon & Rectal Surgery
University of Minnesota
USA