Techniques in Coloproctology

Laparoscopic management of adhesive small bowel obstruction

R. Essani, R. Bergamaschi

Staple line haemorrhage following laparoscopic left-sided colorectal resections may be more common when the inferior mesenteric artery is preserved

T. Y. Linn, B. J. Moran, T. D. Cecil

Colorectal surgeons and biomedical scientists improve lymph node harvest in colorectal cancer

A. Shaw, E. E. Collins, A. Fakis, P. Patel, D. Semeraro, J. N. Lund

Laparoscopic abdominosacral composite resection for locally advanced primary rectal cancer

G. L. Williams, S. Gonsalves, D. Bandyopadhyay, P. M. Sagar

Local gentamicin reduces perineal wound infection after radiotherapy and abdominoperineal resection

A. F. J. de Bruin, M. P. Gosselink, N. A. T. Wijffels, P. -P. L. L. Coene, E. van der Harst

Parastomal hernia: is prevention better than cure? Use of preperitoneal polypropylene mesh at the time of stoma formation

C. Vijayasekar, K. Marimuthu, V. Jadhav, G. Mathew

Our experience with endoscopic repair of large colonoscopic perforations and review of the literature

A. Trecca, F. Gaj, G. Gagliardi, K. Fu, T. Fujii

Effects of age and gender on three-dimensional endoanal ultrasonography measurements: development of normal ranges

A. M. Knowles, C. H. Knowles, S. M. Scott, P. J. Lunniss

A pilot comparative study of fissurectomy/diltiazem and fissurectomy/botulinum toxin in the treatment of chronic anal fissure

J. D. Arthur, C. A. Makin, T. Y. El-Sayed, C. J. Walsh, C. Soll, D. Hahnloser

Incisionless Hartmann’s procedure: an innovative minimal access technique for surgical treatment of sigmoid volvulus in debilitated patients with faecal incontinence

R. Alhindawi, N. Kelly, S. Holubar

Ileo-anal j-pouch cancer: an unusual case in an unusual location

P. K. Koh, J. Doumit, E. Downs-Kelly, M. P. Bronner, R. Salimi, V. W. Fazio, J. D. Vogel

Perianal abscess caused by Actinomyces: report of a case

R. Magdeburg, R. Grobholz, G. Dornschneider, S. Post, D. Bussen

Correspondence

M. H. Chew, A. Chiow, C. L. Tang, F. Boffi

Abstracts

Podium presentations

Rectal and small-bowel endometriosis

H. Tapia, A. Palazzi, M. Pescatori