Dr. DR. SERGIO LARACH

Expert Publications

• Complications of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer: avoidance and management.
• Clinical, manometric, and EMG characteristics of patients with fecal incontinence.
• Time-related decay of the benefits of biofeedback therapy.
• Analysis of local recurrence of midrectal cancer after low anterior resection and stapled anastomosis.
• Robotic TransAnal Minimally Invasive Surgery in a cadaveric model.
• [Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) and transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS)].
• Transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) for local excision of benign neoplasms and early-stage rectal cancer: efficacy and outcomes in the first 50 patients.
• Towards the development of simultaneous two-field robotic surgery.
• Transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: early outcomes in 50 consecutive patients.
• Transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization (THD): a safe procedure for the anticoagulated patient?
• Experience with perirectal fistulas in patients with Crohn's disease.
• Modified Thiersch procedure with silastic mesh implant: a simple solution for fecal incontinence and severe prolapse.
• Twenty-year review of the surgical management of perianal Crohn's disease.
• Laparoscopic assisted abdominoperineal resection.
• Subcutaneous morphine pump for postoperative hemorrhoidectomy pain management.

Media Releases

Get to know Colorectal Surgeon Dr. Sergio W. Larach, who serves patients in Orlando and Kissimmee, Florida.

Dr. Larach is a world-renowned, board-certified colorectal surgeon whose interests include the whole spectrum of colorectal issues, including colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, and ano-rectal diseases. He practices at Digestive and Liver Center of Florida in Orlando, Florida.

Digestive and Liver Center of Florida was founded to deliver the very best medical care in an environment that supports and comforts patients. With offices in East Orlando, Downtown Orlando, and Kissimmee, the state-of-the-art practice has been on the forefront of cutting-edge surgical treatment options that have changed the lives of patients, thereby garnering international recognition. 

A pioneer in performing laparoscopic surgical procedures, Dr. Larach recently developed the TAMIS procedure for the treatment of rectal tumors. He is a part of the Division of Colorectal Surgery of the Endo-Surgical Center of Florida, where he provides additional access to patients in need of highly specialized colorectal surgery. The Endo-Surgical Center of Florida is a part of Digestive and Liver Center of Florida. 

In addition to being a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida and a Clinical Associate Professor at Florida State University, he serves as a reviewer for Surgical Endoscopy Technique in ColoProctology, and Annals of Coloproctology. Throughout his career, he has held multiple professional appointments, including Program Director of Orlando Regional and Florida Hospital’s Colon and Rectal Fellowship Program. 

Dr. Larach’s acclaimed career in medicine began in 1968 when he earned his medical degree from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile. Thereafter, he relocated to the United States to complete his fellowship at the University of Texas Medical School. 

A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, he is board-certified in colon and rectal surgery by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery (ABCRS). The ABCRS is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties that issues certificates for practitioners of colorectal surgery.

Having published numerous articles on colon and rectal surgery, conducted clinical research, and authored book chapters in his specialty, Dr. Larach has been selected as a “Top Doctor in Orlando” by Orlando Magazine for several years.

Colorectal surgery is a field of medicine dealing with disorders of the rectum, anus, and colon. The field is also known as proctology; however, this term is now used infrequently within medicine and is most often employed to identify practices relating to the anus and rectum in particular. As a colorectal surgeon, Dr. Larach specializes in the preoperative, operative, and postoperative care of patients with colorectal disorders.

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