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..This meta-analysis aims to determine the effect of folic acid supplementation on colorectal cancer risk...

..The aim of this study was to determine if the use of immunomodulators or biological agents in the 2 years prior to resection affects the histopathological characteristics of the patient's disease...

..CONCLUSION: There is need for more intervention in regard to bowel function that could improve quality of life, but there is also a need for more research in this area...

..9% of people. There is acceptance in the community that a moderate degree of bowel dysfunction is normal. Stool frequency and faecal incontinence scores can be used to predict those most likely to have organic gastrointestinal disease...

..The objective of this study was to investigate a large population-based cohort of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients to identify clinical and genetic risk factors for perianal CD...

..A retrospective analysis of age-related postoperative morbidity in the Australia and New Zealand prospective randomized controlled trial comparing laparoscopic and open resection for right- and left-sided colonic cancer is presented...

..This randomized controlled trial aimed at comparing the efficacy and acceptability of phospo-soda buffered saline (Fleet) with sodium picosulphate/magnesium citrate (Picoprep) in the preparation of patients for colonoscopy...

..Prospective controlled comparative analysis...

..This study investigated recurrence rates, patterns and complications after conservatively managed diverticulitis...

..In order to cope with this demand a nurse-led follow-up service was started in 2004. We aimed to review the results of a nurse-led colorectal cancer follow-up clinic...

..The aim of this study was to clarify whether acute uncomplicated diverticulitis is a valid indication for subsequent colonoscopy/computed tomography (CT) colonography...

..This study was designed to determine whether incidental splenectomy for iatrogenic injury affects long-term cancer-specific survival in patients having resection of an adenocarcinoma of the sigmoid or rectum...

..Idiopathic pruritus ani is a common perianal condition that can be refractory to diligent perineal care. We wished to evaluate the efficacy and side effects of intradermal methylene blue for the treatment of refractory pruritus ani...

..This review looks at the different surgical techniques available and examines the reported results of primary healing, recurrent disease and complications (including delayed healing)...

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..This study investigated the relationship of American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status (ASA-PS) grade and degree of surgical insult to long-term postoperative survival...

..The aim of this review was to determine the effects of epidural analgesia as it relates to outcome after colorectal surgery...

..There is need for more intervention in regard to bowel function that could improve quality of life, but there is also a need for more research in this area...

..The recognition that colonoscopy may miss a cancer should encourage doctors to reinvestigate patients when there is a lack of correlation between the clinical and investigative findings...

..The following are tested in the present paper: (i) that the magnitude of wound contamination following surgery is related to the location of the tumour cells; and (ii) the surgical approach...

..Because the sigmoid is usually the primary site, most patients will not have received preoperative radiation. Therefore, postoperative radiotherapy may reduce local recurrence in these patients...

..This study aimed to determine the sensitivity of computed tomographic colonography (CTC) in diagnosing colorectal cancer and to explore the reasons why these cancers are missed on CTC...

..It is the cause of considerable morbidity. Management depends on the level of the fistula, the amount of pelvic scar tissue, and previous treatments. An algorithm for surgical treatment is suggested...

..The choice of operation requires consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of a particular procedure and must be tailored to an individual patient's needs and circumstances...

..CONCLUSION: There is no evidence to support the idea that elective surgery should follow two attacks of diverticulitis. Further prospective trials are required...

..The aim of this study was to assess the effect of a novel pudendal nerve stimulator on clinical and anorectal manometric parameters in patients with faecal incontinence...

..In cases in which biopsies of polypoid lesions in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis show dense lymphoid aggregates, flow cytometry may assist in the diagnosis...

..Structural abnormalities and septic complications are likely to require surgery. Modern techniques in the delivery of radiotherapy help minimize the likelihood of rectal complications...

..If repair is required, a prosthetic mesh technique should be considered. Further randomized clinical trials (particularly of extraperitoneal stoma construction) are needed...

..To determine if Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) has a role in the aetiology of adenosquamous and squamous cell carcinoma of the colon and upper rectum, and to describe the clinical features seen in our patients with this condition...

..CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic assessment of the appendix is reliable, and to leave a normal-looking appendix at laparoscopy does not appear to cause any long-term problems...

..We did not identify either diabetes or peripheral vascular disease as a risk factor for pain, numbness, swelling or problems with general healing. There is a need for a large multicentre prospective study...

..To determine the prevalence, frequency and colonization patterns of Helicobacter species throughout the colon...

..In an attempt to minimize the procedural related morbidity, we describe the application of the stapled anopexy technique to treat short segment Hirschprungs disease...

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