Dr. Dana Sands

Colorectal Surgery

MD, FACS, FASCRS Staff Surgeon Director, Colorectal Physiology Center Department of Colorectal Surgery Cleveland Clinic Florida, USA

United States of America

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Biography

Dr. Dana R. Sands is a Colorectal surgeon at Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston and she has over 25 years of experience in the medical field. Certified by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, her specialty interests include benign anorectal diseases, colorectal cancer, and transanal endoscopic microsurgery.

Publications

Selected publications from PubMed

Long-term Results of the North American Phase II Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision Multicenter Trial for Rectal Cancer.

Donovan KF, Carmichael H, Chadi S, Ricardo A, Bonaccorso A, Tomada EP, Sands D, Marks J, Maykel J, Alavi K, Zaghiyan K, Whiteford M, McLemore EC, Shawki SF, Steele S, Pigazzi A, Albert M, DeBeche-Adams T, Avery L, Wexner S, Sylla P

Ann Surg. 2026 Aug 1;284(2):236-243 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000007044.

Impact of Obesity on Postoperative Outcomes in Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision for Rectal Cancer.

Zewde MG, Peyser DK, Yu AT, Bonaccorso AM, Moshier EL, Alavi K, Goldstone RN, Marks JH, Maykel JA, McLemore EC, Sands DR, Steele SR, Wexner SD, Whiteford MH, Sylla P

Dis Colon Rectum. 2026 Apr 1;69(4):553-564 doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000004090.

Impact of neoadjuvant treatment on functional outcomes after transanal total mesorectal excision (taTME)-a case series.

Donovan KF, Tomada EP, Carmichael H, Ricardo A, Berger N, Bonaccorso A, Alavi K, Zaghiyan K, Pigazzi A, Sands D, DeBeche-Adams T, Chadi SA, McLemore EC, Marks JH, Maykel JA, Shawki SF, Steele SR, Albert M, Whiteford MH, Wexner SD, Sylla P

Surg Endosc. 2025 Oct;39(10):6802-6812 doi: 10.1007/s00464-025-11959-z.

Functional Outcomes After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME) for Rectal Cancer: Results From the Phase II North American Multicenter Prospective Observational Trial.

Donovan KF, Lee KC, Ricardo A, Berger N, Bonaccorso A, Alavi K, Zaghiyan K, Pigazzi A, Sands D, DeBeche-Adams T, Chadi SA, McLemore EC, Marks JH, Maykel JA, Shawki SF, Steele SR, Albert M, Whiteford MH, Cheng FY, Wexner SD, Sylla P

Ann Surg. 2024 Sep 1;280(3):363-373 doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006374.

Multicenter phase II trial of transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: preliminary results.

Sylla P, Sands D, Ricardo A, Bonaccorso A, Polydorides A, Berho M, Marks J, Maykel J, Alavi K, Zaghiyan K, Whiteford M, Mclemore E, Chadi S, Shawki SF, Steele S, Pigazzi A, Albert M, DeBeche-Adams T, Moshier E, Wexner SD

Surg Endosc. 2023 Dec;37(12):9483-9508 doi: 10.1007/s00464-023-10266-9.

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Avoiding bleeding after Transit Reconstruction

Every situation is different for each case and person, so it wouldn’t be correct to treat each operation the same way. That’s why it’s important to know about the different kinds of anastomotic bleeding and their risk factors. Once you find yourself in the intraoperative situation, certain prevention methods can be taken to avoid bleeding. Giving recommendations on this subject, Doctor Dana Sands covers various methods such as stapler choice, sutures and the use of endoscopies. Moreover, the management of bleeding in case of pelvic dissection is treated specifically. Bleeding can also be prevented when the operation has ended, through methods such as expectant management, colonoscopy, embolization and surgical intervention, which are discussed in the video.

With Johnson & Johnson MedTech

Published

Mar 2022

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