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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Issue 11/1998

Content (33 Articles)

Presidential Address

Who nurtured Cock Robin?

Ira J. Kodner

Original Contributions

Invited editorial

Zane Cohen, Terri Berk

Original Contributions

Incidence of fistulas after drainage of acute anorectal abscesses

Kari-Pekka J. Hämäläinen, A. Peter Sainio

Original Contributions

Invited editorial

David E. Beck, Kari-Pekka J. Hämäläinen, A. Peter Sainio

Original Contributions

Should patients with combined colonic inertia and nonrelaxing pelvic floor undergo subtotal colectomy?

Andrea Bernini, Robert D. Madoff, Ann C. Lowry, Michael P. Spencer, Brett T. Gemlo, Linda L. Jensen, W. Douglas Wong

Original Contributions

Anorectal disease in HIV-infected patients

R. Yuhan, C. Orsay, A. DelPino, R. Pearl, J. Pulvirenti, S. Kay, H. Abcarian

Original Contributions

Growth patterns in various macroscopic types of noninvasive intramucosal colorectal carcinoma with special reference to apoptosis and cell proliferation

Tatsuro Tanimoto, Shinji Tanaka, Ken Haruma, Masaharu Yoshihara, Koji Sumii, Goro Kajiyama, Fumio Shimamoto

Original Contributions

Significance of microsatellite instability in different types of early-stage nonfamilial colorectal carcinomas

Tomomi Okamoto, Fumio Konishi, Masayuki Kojima, Shingo Senba, Kyotaro Kanazawa, Toshihiko Tsukamoto

Original Contributions

Preoperative electrophysiologic assessment cannot predict continence after rectopexy

Inkeri Schultz, Anders Mellgren, Bengt Yngve Nilsson, Anders Dolk, Bo Holmström

Original Contributions

Mucosal metabolism in ulcerative colitis and crohn's disease

Maeve M. Duffy, Mark C. Regan, P. Ravichandran, Conor O'Keane, Michael G. Harrington, John M. Fitzpatrick, P. Ronan O'Connell

Original Contributions

Treatment of chronic anal fissure with isosorbide dinitrate

Joseph Lysy, Yardena Israelit-Yatzkan, Mirna Sestiere-Ittah, Daniel Keret, Eran Goldin

Original Contributions

Effect of chagas' disease on nitric oxide-containing neurons in severely affected and unaffected intestine

Ulysses Ribeiro Jr, Adriana Vaz Safatle-Ribeiro, Angelita Habr-Gama, Joaquim J. Gama-Rodrigues, Jackie Sohn, James C. Reynolds

Original Contributions

Prospective, randomized trial comparing pain and complications between diathermy and scissors for closed hemorrhoidectomy

S. Ibrahim, C. Tsang, Y. L. Lee, K. W. Eu, F. Seow-Choen

Original Contributions

Outcome of large-bowel perforation in patients with colorectal cancer

Paolo G. Setti Carraro, Marco Segala, Carmen Orlotti, Giorgio Tiberio

Original Contributions

Are postoperative drains necessary with the limberg flap for treatment of pilonidal sinus?

Ergün Erdem, Uğur Sungurtekin, Mehmet Ne¢¢ar

Original Contributions

Invited editorial

John U. Bascom, Ergün Erdem, Uğur Sungurtekin, Mehmet Ne¢¢ar

Original Contributions

Rectal washout eliminates exfoliated malignant cells

D. C. Jenner, W. B. de Boer, G. Clarke, M. D. Levitt

Case Reports

Squamous-cell carcinoma of the pelvis in a giant condyloma acuminatum: Use of neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgical resection

Micheline Hyacinthe, Richard Karl, Domenico Coppola, Thomas Goodgame, William Redwood, Paul Goldenfarb, N. Paul Ohori, Jorge Marcet

Case Reports

Regression of rectal stenosis secondary to neoplasm in an HIV1-Positive patient with gancyclovir antiviral therapy

Iradj Sobhani, Babak Mirin Babazadeghan, Anne-Marie Francey, Christiane Vissuzaine, Bruno Fantin, Agnès Villemant, Emmanuelle Navratil, Michel Mignon

Case Reports

Colonoscopy-assisted colostomy—an alternative to laparotomy

Asish Mukherjee, Virendra A. Parikh, Pedro S. Aguilar

Technical Notes

De palma staple to fix the tendon in stimulated graciloplasty

Igor Sielezneff, Andrew J. Malouf, David C. C. Bartolo

Letter To The Editor

Straining and constipation

Ahmed Shafik

Letter To The Editor

The authors reply

Alexander Koch, Stefan Müller-Lissner

Book reviews

David E. Beck

Self-Assessment Quiz

Richard L. Nelson