Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

The Future of Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• 50th Anniversary Article

Walter A. Koltun

Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic vs. Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Trial

• Original Contribution

Peter W. Marcello, James W. Fleshman, Jeffrey W. Milsom, Thomas E. Read, Tracey D. Arnell, Elisa H. Birnbaum, Daniel L. Feingold, Sang W. Lee, Matthew G. Mutch, Toyooki Sonoda, Yan Yan, Richard L. Whelan

High-Resolution Anoscopy Targeted Surgical Destruction of Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions: A Ten-Year Experience

• Original Contribution

Carlos E. Pineda, J. Michael Berry, Naomi Jay, Joel M. Palefsky, Mark L. Welton

Collagen Fistula Plug for the Treatment of Anal Fistulas

• Original Contribution

Alex J. Ky, Patricia Sylla, Randolph Steinhagen, Emily Steinhagen, Sergei Khaitov, Erin K. Ly

Laparoscopic Resection of Rectal Cancer: A Comparison of Surgical and Oncologic Outcomes Between Extraperitoneal and Intraperitoneal Disease Locations

• Original Contribution

Seon Hahn Kim, In Ja Park, Yong Geul Joh, Koo Yong Hahn

Endorectal Advancement Flaps in the Treatment of High Anal Fistula of Cryptoglandular Origin: Full-Thickness vs. Mucosal-Rectum Flaps

• Original Contribution

Peter C. Dubsky, Anton Stift, Josef Friedl, Bela Teleky, Friedrich Herbst

Long-Term Surgical Recurrence, Morbidity, Quality of Life, and Body Image of Laparoscopic-Assisted vs. Open Ileocolic Resection for Crohn’s Disease: A Comparative Study

• Open Access
• Original Contribution

Emma J. Eshuis, Sebastiaan W. Polle, J. Frederik Slors, Daan W. Hommes, Mirjam A. G. Sprangers, Dirk J. Gouma, Willem A. Bemelman

Quality of Life After Cytoreductive Surgery plus Early Intraperitoneal Postoperative Chemotherapy for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei: A Prospective Study

• Original Contribution

Per Jess, Lene H. Iversen, Mette B. Nielsen, Flemming Hansen, Søren Laurberg, Peter C. Rasmussen

Preoperative T Staging of Colorectal Cancer by CT Colonography

• Original Contribution

Kenichi Utano, Kazuhiro Endo, Kazutomo Togashi, Junichi Sasaki, Hiroshi J. Kawamura, Hisanaga Horie, Yosikazu Nakamura, Fumio Konishi, Hideharu Sugimoto

PET/CT Colonography for the Preoperative Evaluation of the Colon Proximal to the Obstructive Colorectal Cancer

• Original Contribution

Koichi Nagata, Yoshiko Ota, Tomohiko Okawa, Shungo Endo, Shin-ei Kudo

Sentinel Node Mapping does not Improve Staging of Lymph Node Metastasis in Colonic Cancer

• Original Contribution

Arne E. Faerden, Ole Sjo, Solveig Norheim Andersen, Beate Hauglann, Naimy Nazir, Berit Gravedaug, Ingvild Moberg, Aud Svinland, Arild Nesbakken, Arne Bakka

A Desmoid Tumor-Staging System Separates Patients with Intra-Abdominal, Familial Adenomatous Polyposis-Associated Desmoid Disease by Behavior and Prognosis

• Original Contribution

James Church, Craig Lynch, Paul Neary, Lisa LaGuardia, Elodie Elayi

Risk Factors and Oncologic Impact of Anastomotic Leakage after Rectal Cancer Surgery

• Original Contribution

Sang Hun Jung, Chang Sik Yu, Pyong Wha Choi, Dae Dong Kim, In Ja Park, Hee Cheol Kim, Jin Cheon Kim

Colorectal Adenomas in Young Patients: Microsatellite Instability is not a Useful Marker to Detect New Cases of Lynch Syndrome

• Original Contribution

Sara Ferreira, Isabel Claro, Pedro Lage, Bruno Filipe, Ricardo Fonseca, Rita Sousa, Inês Francisco, Paula Chaves, Cristina Albuquerque, Carlos Nobre Leitão

Therapeutic Efficacy of Infliximab on Patients with Short Duration of Crohn’s Disease: A Japanese Multicenter Survey

• Original Contribution

Takayuki Matsumoto, Mitsuo Iida, Satoshi Motoya, Ken Haruma, Yasuo Suzuki, Kiyonori Kobayashi, Hiroaki Ito, Mitsuki Miyata, Masato Kusunoki, Tsutomu Chiba, Shojiro Yamamoto, Toshifumi Hibi

Sacral Nerve Stimulation can Improve Continence in Patients with Crohn’s Disease with Internal and External Anal Sphincter Disruption

• Original Contribution

Véronique Vitton, Julie Gigout, Jean-Charles Grimaud, Michel Bouvier, Ariadne Desjeux, Pierre Orsoni

Effects of Caffeine on Anorectal Manometric Findings

• Original Contribution

Supatra Lohsiriwat, Pahurat Kongmuang, Somchai Leelakusolvong

Closure Mechanism of the Anal Canal in Women: Assessed by Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Imaging

• Original Contribution

Sung-Ae Jung, Dolores H. Pretorius, Milena Weinstein, Charles W. Nager, Debbie Den-Boer, Ravinder K. Mittal

Ligasure™ vs. Conventional Diathermy in Excisional Hemorrhoidectomy: A Prospective, Randomized Study

• Original Contribution

Samer S. Bessa

Doppler-Guided Hemorrhoidal Artery Ligation for the Treatment of Symptomatic Hemorrhoids: Early and Three-Year Follow-up Results in 100 Consecutive Patients

• Original Contribution

Jean-Luc Faucheron, Yves Gangner

Stapled Anopexy: Postoperative Course and Functional Outcome in 400 Patients

• Original Contribution

Stefano Bona, Francesco Battafarano, Uberto Fumagalli Romario, Mauro Zago, Riccardo Rosati

A Sprayable Hydrogel Adhesion Barrier Facilitates Closure of Defunctioning Loop Ileostomy: A Randomized Trial

• Original Contribution

Joe J. Tjandra†, Miranda K. Y. Chan

Outcome of Patients on Renal Replacement Therapy after Colorectal Surgery

• Original Contribution

J. Krysa, V. Patel, J. Taylor, A. B. Williams, E. Carapeti, M. L. George

Benefits of Povidone-Iodine Solution in Colorectal Operations: Science or Legend

• Current Status

Jirawat Pattana-arun, Bruce G. Wolff

Controlling a Presacral Hemorrhage by Using a Saline Bag: Report of a Case

• Case Report

XinYi Ng, WeiChin Chiou, ShihWen Chang

Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Caused by a Large Extraluminal Leiomyoma of the Colon: Report of a Case

• Case Report

Chuang-Wei Chen, Shu-Wen Jao, Chang-Chieh Wu, Jing-Jim Ou, Cheng-Wen Hsiao, Pei-Chieh Chao

The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery

• Book Review

John R. Monson

Colorectal Cancer.

• Book Review

John R. Monson

Internal Resistance May be More Important for Continence than Anal Wall Tension

• Letter to the Editor

P. E. P. Petros

Authors Reply

• Letter to the Editor

Markus Huebner, Rebecca U. Margulies, Dee E. Fenner, James A. Ashton-Miller, John O. L. DeLancey

On the Pathogenesis of Acute Ischemic Proctitis

• Letter to the Editor

Ahmed Shafik

The Authors Reply

• Letter to the Editor

Dipen Maun, Daniel Silverberg, Randolph M. Steinhagen

Sentinel Node Mapping does not Improve Staging of Lymph Node Metastasis in Colonic Cancer

• Erratum

Arne E. Faerden, Ole H. Sjo, Solveig Norheim Andersen, Beate Hauglann, Naimy Nazir, Berit Gravdehaug, Ingvild Moberg, Aud Svinland, Arild Nesbakken, Arne Bakka

Self-assessment Quiz: Answers, Critiques, and References

• Self-Assessment

Selected Abstracts

• Selected Abstracts