TCOL: a quarter of century

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Techniques in Coloproctology (TCOL) was founded in 1992, as the official journal of the Italian Association of Coloproctology Units (UCP Club). The first version was in Italian and in English. Since then, many authors have contributed to the development of the journal. Among the others, I would like to mention Steven Wexner, from the USA, Francis Seow Choen, from Singapore (the two Co-Editors), and Andrew Zbar, from Australia. Although the journal was not indexed yet, they made many outstanding contributions and allowed it to reach an international standard. Let me also thank my family, Marian Shields and Caterina De Bono, who strongly supported me. …