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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Issue 9/1998

Content (25 Articles)

Presidential Address

Mission Impossible? Respond to the challenge

David A. Rothenberger

Original Contributions

Low rectal cancer

Angelita Habr-Gama, Pedro M. Santinho B. de Souza, Ulysses Ribeiro Jr., Wladimir Nadalin, René Gansl, Afonso H. S. e Sousa Jr., Fábio Guilherme Campos, Joaquim Gama-Rodrigues

Original Contributions

Conditional survival estimates in 34,963 patients with invasive carcinoma of the colon

Ray M. Merrill, Donald Earl Henson, Lynn A. G. Ries

Original Contributions

Excision of trocar sites reduces tumor implantation in an animal model

Justin S. Wu, Li-Wu Guo, Martha B. Ruiz, Suzanne M. Pfister, Judith M. Connett, James W. Fleshman

Original Contributions

In vitro detection of occult bone marrow metastases in patients with colorectal cancer hepatic metastases

Alfred M. Cohen, Pilar Garin-Chesa, Morin Hanson, Katherine Weyhrauch, Nancy Kemeny, Yuman Fong, Philip Paty, Sydney Welt, Lloyd Old

Original Contributions

Follow-up of colorectal cancer

Michael Rosen, Linda Chan, Robert W. Beart Jr., Petar Vukasin, Gary Anthone

Original Contributions

Role of follow-up in management of local recurrences of colorectal cancer

Nicola Pietra, Leopoldo Sarli, Renato Costi, Choua Ouchemi, Mario Grattarola, Anacleto Peracchia

Original Contributions

Intraperitoneal exfoliated cancer cells in patients with colorectal cancer

Kazuo Hase, Hideki Ueno, Noritsugu Kuranaga, Katsuyuki Utsunomiya, Sumio Kanabe, Hidetaka Mochizuki

Original Contributions

Anal sphincter integrity and function influences outcome in rectovaginal fistula repair

Charles B. S. Tsang, Robert D. Madoff, W. Douglas Wong, David A. Rothenberger, Charles O. Finne, Daniel Singer, Ann C. Lowry

Original Contributions

Hydrogen peroxide-enhanced transanal ultrasound in the assessment of fistula-in-ano

A. C. Poen, R. J. F. Felt-Bersma, Q. A. J. Eijsbouts, M. A. Cuesta, S. G. M. Meuwissen

Original Contributions

Comparative study between intra-anal sponge and needle electrode for electromyographic evaluation of constipated patients

Johann Pfeifer, Tiong-Ann Teoh, Virgilio D. Salanga, Feran Agachan, Steven D. Wexner

Original Contributions

Bowel resection for intestinal endometriosis

David R. Urbach, Michael Reedijk, Carole S. Richard, Kay I. Lie, Theodore M. Ross

Current Status

Sacral reflexes

Eva-Maria Uher, Michael Swash

Case Reports

Giant colonic diverticulum

C. K. Choong, F. A. Frizelle

Case Reports

Invited editorial

P. Bernard McIntyre, Frank A. Frizelle, C. K. Choong

Case Reports

Cellular neurilemoma (schwannoma) of the descending colon mimicking carcinoma

Antigone S. Skopelitou, Emmanouil P. Mylonakis, Antonia V. Charchanti, Angelos M. Kappas

Technical Note

Usefulness of bipolar scissors for total colectomy

Masato Kusunoki, Yasutsugu Shoji, Hidenori Yanagi, Takehira Yamamura

Letter To The Editor

Artificial anal sphincter

Paul-A. Lehur

Self-assessment quiz

Richard L. Nelson