Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Practice parameters for the identification and testing of patients at risk for dominantly inherited colorectal cancer

Practice parameters for the identification and testing of patients at risk for dominantly inherited colorectal cancer—supporting documentation

James Church, Ann Lowry, Clifford Simmang

Editorial

James Church

Randomized, controlled trials in surgery

Melina Gattellari, Jeanette E. Ward, Michael J. Solomon

Outcome of sphincteroplasty combined with surgery for urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse

Amy L. Halverson, Tracy L. Hull, Maria F. Paraiso, Crina Floruta

Complications of dynamic graciloplasty

Klaus E. Matzel, Robert D. Madoff, Laura J. LaFontaine, Cor G. M. I. Baeten, W. Donald Buie, John Christiansen, Steven Wexner

Cyclosporin for severe ulcerative colitis does not increase the rate of perioperative complications

G. M. Hyde, D. P. Jewell, M. G. W. Kettlewell, N. J. Mc. C. Mortensen

Laparoscopic total colectomy for acute colitis

Peter W. Marcello, Jeffrey W. Milsom, S. K. Wong, Karen Brady, Marlene Goormastic, Victor W. Fazio

Flow cytometric and histologic evaluation in a large cohort of patients with ulcerative colitis: Correlation with clinical characteristics and impact on surveillance

K. Holzmann, B. Klump, F. Borchard, M. Gregor, R. Porschen

The value of specialization—is there an outcome difference in the management of fistulas complicating diverticulitis

A. Di Carlo, R. H. I. Andtbacka, I. Shrier, P. Belliveau, J. L. Trudel, B. L. Stein, P. H. Gordon, C. A. Vasilevsky

Results of reoperations in colorectal anastomotic strictures

Rodolfo D. Schlegel, Nidal Dehni, Rolland Parc, Scott Caplin, Emmanuel Tiret

Early reoperation for perirectal abscess

N. Onaca, A. Hirshberg, R. Adar

Invited commentary

Richard P. Billingham

Anocutaneous advancement flap repair of transsphincteric fistulas

David D. E. Zimmerman, John W. Briel, Martijn P. Gosselink, W. Rudolf Schouten

Invited commentary

Richard L. Nelson, David Zimmerman, John Briel, Martijn Gosselink, Ruud Schouten

Applicability of a mobile accelerator for intraoperative radiation therapy to colorectal cancer

Yojiro Hashiguchi, Takeshi Sekine, Shingo Kato, Hirohiko Sakamoto, Tomoko Kazumoto, Mizuyoshi Sakura, Yoichi Tanaka

Efficacy of calcium dobesilate in treating acute attacks of hemorrhoidal disease

B. Bülent Menteş, Ahmet Görgül, Ertan Tatlicioğlu, Ferruh Ayoğlu, Selahattin Ünal

HIV-positive patients with anal carcinoma have poorer treatment tolerance and outcome than HIV-negative patients

Jong Hun Kim, Babak Sarani, Bruce A. Orkin, Heather A. Young, Jon White, Ira Tannebaum, Susan Stein, Bradley Bennett

Loss of heterozygosity and HIV infection in patients with anal squamous-cell carcinoma

Pascal Gervaz, Jonathan Efron, Alfredo A. Poza, Sung W. Chun, Thu-Thao T. Pham, Sherry Woodhouse, Steven D. Wexner, John M. Carethers

Rectoanal motility in Crohn's disease patients

Emmanuel Chrysos, Elias Athanasakis, John Tsiaoussis, Odysseas Zoras, Antonios Nickolopoulos, John Sophocles Vassilakis, Evaghelos Xynos

Pilot study of subtotal colectomy with antiperistaltic cecoproctostomy for the treatment of chronic slow-transit constipation

Leopoldo Sarli, Renato Costi, Dario Sarli, Luigi Roncoroni

Invited commentary

Steven D. Wexner

Gastrointestinal actinomycosis: an unusual presentation with obstructive uropathy

Peter W. de Feiter, Peter B. Soeters

Sweet's syndrome in association with Crohn's disease

A. Rappaport, M. Shaked, M. Landau, E. Dolev

Endometriosis-associated invasive adenocarcinoma involving the rectum in a postmenopausal female

Paul M. Magtibay, Jacques Heppell, Kevin O. Leslie

Rectosigmoid carcinoma at previous ureterosigmoidostomy site in a renal transplant recipient

Richard J. Guy, Ashok Handa, Zoe Traill, Neil J. Mortensen

Bowel preparation for colorectal surgery

Oded Zmora, Alon J. Pikarsky, Steven D. Wexner

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