1. Patients requiring stoma formation as part of the operative procedure

2. Patients undergoing loop ileostomy or colostomy closure thru the stomal site

3. Bowel obstruction, coagulopathy, significant renal or hepatic dysfunction (creatinine \>1.6 or liver enzymes \> 50% upper limit of normal values)

4. Congestive heart failure, unstable angina, or valvular heart disease with New York Heart Classification \>2

An Assessment of Goal-Directed Intraoperative Fluid Management in Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Colectomy