Issue 4/2004
Content (34 Articles)
“If you can keep your head …”: Clinical decision making in the age of evidence-based medicine
David A. Rothenberger
Multi-society guideline for reprocessing flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes
Douglas B. Nelson, William R. Jarvis, William A. Rutala, Amy E. Foxx-Orenstein, Gerald Isenberg, Georgia P. Dash, Carla J. Alvarado, Marilee Ball, Joyce Griffin-Sobel, Carol Petersen, Kay A. Ball, Jerry Henderson, Rachel L. Stricof
Fibrin glue treatment of complex anal fistulas has low success rate
Rasmy Loungnarath, David W. Dietz, Matthew G. Mutch, Elisa H. Birnbaum, Ira J. Kodner, James W. Fleshman
Randomized, prospective trial comparing 0.2 percent isosorbide dinitrate ointment with sphincterotomy in treatment of chronic anal fissure: A two-year follow-up
Carlos Parellada
Self-Expanding metal stents for colonic obstruction: Experiences from 104 procedures in a single center
Søren Meisner, Margaret Hensler, Filip Krag Knop, Finn West, Peer Wille-Jørgensen, D. M. Sci
Does positron emission tomography change management in primary rectal cancer? A prospective assessment
Alexander G. Heriot, Rodney J. Hicks, Elizabeth G. P. Drummond, Jamie Keck, John Mackay, Frank Chen, Victor Kalff
Early results of intersphincteric resection for patients with very low rectal cancer: An active approach to avoid a permanent colostomy
Norio Saito, Masato Ono, Masanori Sugito, Masaaki Ito, Masato Morihiro, Chihiro Kosugi, Kazunori Sato, Masahito Kotaka, Satoru Nomura, Manabu Arai, Takaya Kobatake
The subserosal elastic lamina: An anatomic landmark for stratifying pT3 colorectal cancer
Eiji Shinto, Hideki Ueno, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Kazuo Hase, Hitoshi Tsuda, Osamu Matsubara, Hidetaka Mochizuki
Appendiceal adenocarcinoma: Long-term outcomes after surgical therapy
Hiromichi Ito, Robert T. Osteen, Ronald Bleday, Michael J. Zinner, Stanley W. Ashley, Edward E. Whang
Smooth muscle sphincteroplasty in colostomy
Daniel V. Kostov, Temelko D. Temelkov, Nedyalko A. Dragnev, Georgi L. Kobakov, Krasimir D. Ivanov
Indications and results of side-to-side isoperistaltic strictureplasty in Crohn’s disease
Francesco Tonelli, Massimo Fedi, G. Matteo Paroli, Marilena Fazi
Effect of hysterectomy on bowel function
Daniel Altman, Jan Zetterström, Annika López, Johan Pollack, Johan Nordenstam, Anders Mellgren
The authors reply
Daniel Altman, Jan Zetterström, Annika López, Johan Pollack, Johan Nordenstam, Anders Mellgren
Healing of colon anastomoses covered with fibrin glue after immediate postoperative intraperitoneal administration of 5-fluorouracil
I. Kanellos, I. Mantzoros, H. Demetriades, S. Kalfadis, T. Kelpis, L. Sakkas, D. Betsis
Adenocarcinoma in the anal canal after heal pouch-anal anastomosis for familial adenomatous polyposis using a double-stapled technique: Report of two cases
Bart C. Vrouenraets, Petervan Duijvendijk, Willem A. Bemelman, G. Johan A. Offerhaus, J. Frederik M. Slors
Solitary fibrous tumor of the ischioanal fossa: Report of a case and review of the literature
Michael Dudkiewicz, Jean L. Deschênes, Carl Bloom, Philip H. Gordon
Attainment of continence with J-pouch and artificial bowel sphincter for concomitant imperforate anus and familial adenomatous polyposis: Report of a case
Patrick H. D. Colquhoun, Jonathan Efron, Steven D. Wexner
The “winged” circular anal dilator in stapled hemorrhoidectomy
P. Mathur, T. Ho, R. Spalinger, F. Seow-Choen
Synchronous carcinoma of the sigmoid colon and a perianal fistula
Andrew P. Zbar, R. K. Shenoy
Colonic pacing in the control of colonic and rectal motile activity
Ahmed Shafik
Endosonographic imaging of the anal sphincter: The size of the tear does matter
Richelle J. F. Felt-Bersma
Selected abstracts
Neil H. Hyman, Tracey d. Arnell, Conor P. Delaney, Barry L. Stein, Marcus J. Burnstein, Susan A. Sgambati, Susan A. Sgambati