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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

Issue 6/1999

Content (37 Articles)

Centennial Articles In Colon And Rectal Surgery

Diverticular disease of the colon

David J. Schoetz Jr.

Original Contributions

Suspected hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer

Jae-Gahb Park, Hans F. A. Vasen, Kyu Joo Park, Paivi Peltomaki, Maurizio Ponz de Leon, Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas, Jan Lubinski, Nicholas E. Beck, Marie-Luise Bisgaard, Michiko Miyaki, Juul Th. Wijnen, Shozo Baba, Henry T. Lynch

Original Contributions

Invited editorial

Noralane M. Lindor

Original Contributions

Clinical implications of multiple colorectal carcinomas in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma

Joel Craig Box, Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas, Thomas K. Weber, Nicholas J. Petrelli

Original Contributions

Histologic comparison of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer associated with MSH2 and MLH1 and colorectal cancer from the general population

Maniamparmpil Shashidharan, Thomas Smyrk, Kevin M. Lin, Charles A. Ternent, Alan G. Thorson, Garnet J. Blatchford, Mark A. Christensen, Henry T. Lynch

Original Contributions

Selection criteria for treatment of rectal cancer with combined external and endocavitary radiation

Elisa H. Birnbaum, Olagunju A. Ogunbiyi, Giuseppe Gagliardi, Robert D. Fry, Robert J. Myerson, Ira J. Kodner, James W. Fleshman

Original Contributions

Invited editorial

Luca Stocchi, Heidi Nelson

Original Contributions

Single-layer continuous colon and rectal anastomosis using monofilament absorbable suture (Maxon®)

W. L. Law, H. Randolph Bailey, Ernest Max, Donald R. Butts, Kenneth W. Smith, David A. Thompson, Gary B. Skakun, Ernie Graves

Original Contributions

Determination of factors responsible for the declining incidence of colorectal cancer

Richard L. Nelson, Victoria Persky, Mary Turyk

Original Contributions

A prospective, randomized study comparing the effect of augmented biofeedback with sensory biofeedback alone on fecal incontinence after obstetric trauma

Michelle M. Fynes, Kaye Marshall, Mary Cassidy, Michael Behan, Deirdre Walsh, P. Ronan O'Connell, Colm O'Herlihy

Original Contributions

Invited editorial

Steven D. Wexner, Michelle Fynes, Kaye Marshall, Mary Cassidy, Michael Behan, Deirdre Walsh, P. Ronan O'Connell, Colm O'Herlihy

Original Contributions

Pudendal neuropathy and severity of incontinence but not presence of an anal sphincter defect may determine the response to biofeedback therapy in fecal incontinence

Anne-Marie Leroi, Marie-Paule Dorival, Marie-Françoise Lecouturier, Christine Saiter, Marie-Laure Welter, Jean-Yves Touchais, Philippe Denis

Original Contributions

Secondary coloperineal pull-through and double dynamic graciloplasty after miles resection—feasible, but with a high morbidity

Mart-Jan G. M. Rongen, Frans A. Dekker, Bastiaan P. Geerdes, Erik Heineman, Cor G. M. I. Baeten

Original Contributions

Invited editorial

Enrico Cavina, Mart-Jan G. M. Rongen, Frans A. Dekker, Bastiaan P. Geerdes, Erik Heineman, G. M. I. Baeten

Original Contributions

Effects of nifedipine on anorectal smooth musclein Vitro

Timothy A. Cook, Alison F. Brading, Neil J. McC. Mortensen

Original Contributions

Short chain fatty acids are effective in short-term treatment of chronic radiation proctitis

Anabela Pinto, Paulo Fidalgo, Marília Cravo, Jaime Midões, Paula Chaves, Joaninha Rosa, Maria dos Anjos Birto, Carlos Nobre Leitão

Original Contributions

Invited editorial

John L. Rombeau

Original Contributions

An audit of strictureplasty for small-bowel crohn's disease

Takayuki Yamamoto, Iain M. Bain, Robert N. Allan, Michael R. B. Keighley

Current Status

Misconceptions about the colonic J-pouch

Elizabeth R. Dennett, Bryan R. Parry

Case Reports

Rectovesical fistula treated by covered self-expanding prosthesis

R. Fernandez Lobato, I. Pinto, C. Maillo, L. Paul, J. M. Fradejas, M. Moreno Azcoita

Case Reports

Rectal duplication in an adult: Unusual cause of a buttock mass

Olivier Monek, Laurent Martin, Bruno Heyd, Georges Mantion

Technical Note

Original technique for small colorectal tumor localization during laparoscopic surgery

Marco Montorsi, Enrico Opocher, Roberto Santambrogio, Paolo Bianchi, Camilla Faranda, Paolo Arcidiacono, Giovanni Rubis Passoni, Felice Cosentino

Letters To The Editor

New method for paracolostomy hernia repair?

Sigmar Stelzner, Gunter Hellmich, Klaus Ludwig

Letters To The Editor

Internal anal sphincter and endosonography

Vincent de Parades, Claude Parisot, Patrick Atienza

Letters To The Editor

The author replies

Carlos Parellada

Letters To The Editor

Carcinoma arising in anorectal fistulas of crohn's disease

Mahmoud N. Kulaylat, Gregory Gallina, Jiri Bem, Mohamed Zeid

Letters To The Editor

The authors reply

Jeffrey S. Aronoff, Norman Sohn, Alex Ky, Burton I. Korelitz, Michael A. Weinstein

Book reviews

Theodore J. Saclarides

Self-Assessment Quiz

Judith L. Trudel