Surgery - Colo-Rectal News & Articles

1 Margin status remains an important determinant of survival after surgical resection of colorectal liver metastases in the era of modern chemotherapy Annals of Surgery, May 24, 2013    Clinical Article

2 Risk factors for the development of prolonged post-operative ileus following elective colorectal surgery International Journal of Colorectal Disease, May 24, 2013    Review Article

3 Treating symptomatic adhesions to the sigmoid colon: colectomy improves quality of life International Journal of Colorectal Disease, May 24, 2013    Clinical Article

4 Outcomes after hepatic and pulmonary metastasectomies compared with pulmonary metastasectomy alone in patients with colorectal cancer metastasis to liver and lungs World Journal of Surgery, May 23, 2013    Clinical Article

5 A nationwide analysis of the use and outcomes of epidural analgesia in open colorectal surgery Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, May 23, 2013    Review Article

6 A case of perianal mucinous adenocarcinoma arising from an anorectal fistula successfully resected after preoperative radiotherapy Full Text Case Reports in Gastroenterology, May 22, 2013

7 Increased Risk for Complications After Colorectal Surgery With Selective Cyclo-oxygenase 2 Inhibitor Etoricoxib Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

8 Predictors of Postoperative Urinary Retention After Colorectal Surgery Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

9 A modified supralevator pelvic exenteration for the treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer with vaginal and uterine invasion Surgery Today, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

10 Local excision in early rectal cancer-outcome worse than expected: A population based study European Journal of Surgical Oncology, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

11 Redefining the apical lymph node at right hemicolectomy European Journal of Surgical Oncology, May 21, 2013    Review Article

12 Assessment of Female Patients With Rectal Intussusception and Prolapse: Is This a Progressive Spectrum of Disease? Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, May 21, 2013    Review Article

13 Sham Feeding With Chewing Gum After Elective Colorectal Resectional Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial Annals of Surgery, May 20, 2013    Clinical Article

14 Fate of the Rectal Stump After Subtotal Colectomy for Ulcerative Colitis in the Era of Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis Fate of the Retained Rectum JAMA Surgery, May 20, 2013    Review Article

15 Independent Validation of a Prognostic Genomic Signature (ColoPrint) for Patients With Stage II Colon Cancer Annals of Surgery, May 20, 2013    Clinical Article

16 Complicated postoperative recovery increases omission, delay and discontinuation of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with colon cancer stage III Colorectal Disease, May 20, 2013    Clinical Article

17 Multivisceral Resection in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review Annals of Surgical Oncology, May 17, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

18 Clinical, MRI, and PET-CT Criteria Used by Surgeons to Determine Suitability for Pelvic Exenteration Surgery for Recurrent Rectal Cancers: A Delphi Study Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

19 Detailed Stratification of TNM Stage III Rectal Cancer Based on the Presence/Absence of Extracapsular Invasion of the Metastatic Lymph Nodes Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

20 Robotic Colonic Surgery: Is It Advisable to Commence a New Learning Curve? Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, May 17, 2013

1 Risk Factors for Prolonged Ileus After Resection of Colorectal Cancer: An Observational Study of 2400 Consecutive Patients Annals of Surgery, April 17, 2013

2 Risk factors for anastomotic leakage and favorable antimicrobial treatment as empirical therapy for intra-abdominal infection in patients undergoing colorectal surgery Surgery Today, April 10, 2013

3 Pelvic Exenteration for Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, April 1, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

4 Are Right-Sided Colectomy Outcomes Different From Left-Sided Colectomy Outcomes?: Study of Patients With Colon Cancer in the ACS NSQIP Database JAMA Surgery, April 23, 2013

5 Systematic Review of the Technique of Colorectal Anastomosis JAMA Surgery, March 5, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

6 A Randomized Trial of Transanal Hemorrhoidal Dearterialization With Anopexy Compared With Open Hemorrhoidectomy in the Treatment of Hemorrhoids Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, March 26, 2013

7 What is the Incidence of Metastatic Lymph Node Involvement After Significant Pathologic Response of Primary Tumor Following Neoadjuvant Treatment for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer? Annals of Surgical Oncology, April 18, 2013

8 Incidence of Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism After Laparoscopic Versus Open Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Meta-Analysis Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, April 26, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article

9 Adequate lymph node recovery improves survival in colorectal cancer patients Journal of Surgical Oncology, April 24, 2013
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10 Adherence to Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) and length of stay after colonic resection Colorectal Disease, March 11, 2013

11 The Liver-First Approach to the Management of Colorectal Cancer With Synchronous Hepatic Metastases A Systematic Review Cancer With Synchronous Hepatic Metastases JAMA Surgery, April 19, 2013    Review Article

12 β-catenin, Cox-2 and p53 immunostaining in colorectal adenomas to predict recurrence after endoscopic polypectomy International Journal of Colorectal Disease, April 8, 2013

13 Palliative resection of the primary tumour in patients with Stage IV colorectal cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis of the early outcome after laparoscopic and open colectomy Colorectal Disease, April 29, 2013

14 Anastomotic Leak After Low Anterior Resection A Spectrum of Clinical Entities Anastomotic Leak After Low Anterior Resection JAMA Surgery, March 6, 2013

15 A 10-Year Longitudinal Analysis of Surgical Management for Acute Ischemic Colitis Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, March 29, 2013    Review Article

16 Abdominal Aortic Calcification and Surgical Outcomes in Patients With No Known Cardiovascular Risk Factors Annals of Surgery, April 15, 2013

17 Percutaneous Drainage of Colonic Diverticular Abscess: Is Colon Resection Necessary? Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, April 22, 2013

18 Outcome of salvage surgery for anal squamous cell carcinoma Colorectal Disease, March 25, 2013

19 Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis: Analysis of Outcome and Quality of Life in 3707 Patients Annals of Surgery, March 14, 2013

20 Efficacy of the Predicted Operation Time (POT) Strategy for Synchronous Colorectal Liver Metastasis (SCLM): Feasibility Study for Staged Resection in Patients with a Long POT Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, April 3, 2013