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Find by title or description… Category All Categories Constipation Defaecation Disorders Rectal Prolapse Irritable Bowel Syndrome Ulcerative Colitis Crohn's Disease Indeterminate Colitis Diverticular Disease Other Colitides Medical Management of IBD Anatomy Endometriosis Appendicitis Benign Tumours Tumour Classification Genetics Colon Cancer Rectal Cancer Peritoneal Malignancies AIN and Anal Cancer Retrorectal Tumours Physiology Stomas and Stomatherapy Endoscopy Anal and Rectal Trauma Colonic and Rectal Obstruction Intestinal Bleeding Chronic Pelvic and Perineal Pain Periop Management Intestinal Failure Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Varia Haemorrhoids Education, Training, Science writing Complications Basic research Free Access Anal Fissure Anorectal Abscess and Fistula Perianal Skin Conditions Pilonidal Disease Faecal Incontinence Search 1: History of the Division of Coloproctology Chapter 1: History of the Division of Coloproctology document View Chapter 1 2: Anatomy of the colon, rectum, anus, and pelvic floor Chapter 2: Anatomy of the colon, rectum, anus, and pelvic floor document View Chapter 2 Selected meeting presentation on this topic video Anatomy of the pelvis, surgical landmarks, nerve identification (2024) video Gender influences on colorectal cancer treatment: Anatomy of the pelvic nerves (2020) Suggested reading and educational material The influence of sacrocolporectopexy on pelvic anatomy assessed in an upright position using MRI (2025) Splenic flexure takedown: a step‐by‐step robotic versus laparoscopic comparison - a video vignette (2025) Inter‐rater and intra‐rater reliability of multi‐slice CT and three‐dimensional reconstructed imaging analysis of mesenteric vascular anatomy for planning and performing complete mesocolic excision (2025) The validation of a simple and instrument‐free technique to measure the depth of the natal cleft (a cohort study) (2025) International standardization and optimization group for intersphincteric resection (ISOG-ISR): modified Delphi consensus on anatomy, definition, indication, surgical technique, specimen description and functional outcome (2023) Surgical anatomy of the rectum: a series of video tutorials - a video vignette (2022) Anatomy of the smooth muscle structure in the female anorectal anterior wall: convergence and anterior extension of the internal anal sphincter and longitudinal muscle (2019) Anatomical aspects of a SPECC of the colon and rectum (2019) Systematic review of the applications of three‐dimensional printing in colorectal surgery (2019) Variation in landmarks for the rectum: an MRI study (2018) 3: Physiology of Colon, Rectum, and Anus Chapter 3: Physiology of Colon, Rectum, and Anus document View Chapter 3 Selected meeting presentation on this topic video Management of syndromes of disordered defecation: New developments in anorectal function testing (2023) video Management of syndromes of disordered defecation: New insights into the physiology of continence and evacuation (2023) video Toward precision diagnosis and precision treatment: New technical guidance and disease classification for anorectal physiology. Results of UEG-funded international working group (2019) Suggested reading and educational material Long‐term prognostic implications of type 2 diabetes mellitus in colorectal cancer patients (2025) Can we use integrated total pelvic floor ultrasound as a screening tool in defaecatory pelvic floor dysfunction? A prospective evaluation of the accuracy of integrated total pelvic floor ultrasound compared with defaecation proctography (2025) Clinical utility of trans-sacral magnetic stimulation-evoked sphincter potentials and high-density electromyography in pelvic floor assessment: Technical evaluation (2023) Physiological changes after colorectal surgery suggest that anastomotic leakage is an early event: a retrospective cohort study (2019) The puborectal continence reflex functions independently of the pudendal nerve (2019) Isolation of internal and external sphincter progenitor cells from the human anal sphincter with or without radiotherapy (2019) Preoperative bowel stimulation prior to ileostomy closure to restore bowel function more quickly and improve postoperative outcomes: a systematic review (2019) 4: Haemorrhoids Chapter 4: Haemorrhoids document View Chapter 4 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Coloproctology surgical video: Preliminary results of transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization (THD) anolift (ESCP meeting 2023) video Examination under anaesthetic of the anus (basic proctology) (ESCP meeting 2023) video For Trainees: Haemorrhoidectomy - the traditional way (ESCP meeting 2020) video Trainee Video Session: Fergusson for haemorrhoidal disease (ESCP meeting 2017) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Effectiveness of conservative treatments on hemorrhoidal disease symptoms and quality of life in obese patients: insights from the CHORALIS study (2025) video Pearls of anorectal surgery (2025) video My Most Challenging Case: A hemorrhoidectomy turning into a nightmare: 'There is no minor surgery' (2025) video Proctology in men who have sex with men: a qualitative study of surgeons and patients (2025) video Propionibacterium extract gel improves healing and postoperative recovery after open excisional hemorrhoidectomy: a randomized, clinical trial (2025) video ORION: A multicentre double blinded parallel group-controlled trial with economic evaluation, comparing radio frequency ablation with surgeon’s choice of surgery for grade II or III haemorrhoids (2025) video Topical nifedipine for post haemorrhoidectomy pain relief: a multi-centre, randomised, prospective, double-blind placebo trial (2025) video Emergency Proctology: Acute haemorrhoids (2024) video Haemorrhoidal Disease: Should we send it? Evaluating the need for routine pathologic evaluation of haemorrhoidectomy specimens (2024) More presentations on haemorrhoids> Guidelines ESCP guideline for haemorrhoidal disease (Europe 2020) ESCP core outcome set for haemorrhoidal disease (Europe 2019) ASCRS guidelines for haemorrhoidal disease (USA 2018) Suggested reading and educational material A cost-utility study of elective haemorrhoidectomies in Canada (2024) Seamless open excisional haemorrhoidectomy - six faces of surgical technique: a video vignette (2024) SHAPE - Skin-sparing haemorrhoidectomy and pexy: a video vignette (2024) Global treatment of haemorrhoids - a worldwide snapshot audit conducted by the International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons (2024) The efficacy of laser haemorrhoidoplasty (LHP) in the treatment of symptomatic haemorrhoidal disease: An observational cohort study (2023) English translation and cross-cultural validation of the patient-reported outcome measurement-haemorrhoidal impact and satisfaction score (PROM-HISS) (2023) Responsiveness of the Patient-Reported Outcome Measure-Haemorrhoidal Impact and Satisfaction Score in patients with haemorrhoidal disease (2023) More suggested reading on haemorrhoids> 5: Anal fissure Chapter 5: Anal fissure document View Chapter 5 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Botox injection for anal fissure (2024) video Surgical approach to fissures (ESCP meeting 2015) Selected meeting presentation on this topic video Pearls of anorectal surgery (2025) video Proctology in men who have sex with men: a qualitative study of surgeons and patients (2025) video Optimal dosing and injection location of botulinum toxin for sustained healing of chronic anal fissure: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2025) video Complex proctology: Fine-tuning of the extent of lateral internal sphincterotomy (2023) video Core Subject Update: Anal fissure (2022) Guidelines ACPGB guideline on the management of anal fissure (UK 2023) ASCRS guideline for the management of anal fissures (USA 2017) ACG guideline: management of benign anorectal disorders (USA 2014) Suggested reading and educational material Biofeedback training versus botox injection for the treatment of dyssynergic defaecation: a randomized controlled trial (2025) Efficacy and safety of Propionibacterium extract gel versus glyceryl trinitrate ointment in the treatment of chronic anal fissure: a randomized controlled trial (2023) Lateral internal sphincterotomy (LIS) using endoanal ultrasound - a video vignette (2021) Health and quality of life among a cohort of patients having lateral internal sphincterotomy for anal fissures (2020) Psychometric properties of a questionnaire (HEMO-FISS-QoL) to evaluate the burden associated with haemorrhoidal disease and anal fissures (2019) Botulinum toxin injection vs topical nitrates for chronic anal fissure: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2018) A novel method for treatment of chronic anal fissure: adipose-derived regenerative cells - a pilot study (2017) 6: Anorectal abscess and fistula Chapter 6: Anorectal abscess and fistula document View Chapter 6 View ESCP Essentials Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Emergency Proctology: Case presentation (ESCP meeting 2024) video Surgical treatment of horseshoe fistula: a video vignette (ESCP meeting 2024) video Coloproctology surgical video: Robotic trans anal minimally invasive surgery. Rectovaginal fistula repair (ESCP meeting 2023) video Coloproctology surgical video: Ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract (LIFT procedure) - steps description, based on a case of a multioperated patient with an anterior transsphincteric fistula (ESCP meeting 2023) video Coloproctology surgical video: Sinus-fistula ablative contraction intracavity laser (S-FACIL technique): technical description (ESCP meeting 2023) More procedures/techniques for anorectal abscess and fistula>  Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Randomized controlled trial comparing laser versus glue techniques in the treatment of high trans-sphincteric fistula-in-ano (2025) video Cryptoglandular anal fistula core outcome measurement set (AFCOMS): standardised definitions and measurement instruments (2025) video Delayed coloanal anastomosis for rectovaginal fistulas: Insights from a multicenter cohort (GRECCAR) (2025) video Female Genital Mutiliation and complex fistula surgery in Africa (2025) video Pearls of anorectal surgery (2025) video Proctology in men who have sex with men: a qualitative study of surgeons and patients (2025) video Emergency Colorectal Surgery: To pack or not to pack after perianal abscess drainage: that is the question (2025) video Autologous skin graft intersphincteric implantation in anal fistula treatment (ASGIIFT) and subcutaneous flap implantation for anal fistula treatment (SFIFT): a novel surgical techniques in the treatment of anal fistulas (2025) video Primary approach of cryptogenic anal fistula treatment (2025) video Recurrent anal fistula disease (2025) More presentations on anorectal abscess and fistula> Guidelines ESCP Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of Cryptoglandular Anal Fistula (Europe 2023) The ASCRS Guidelines for the Management of Anorectal Abscess, Fistula-in-Ano, and Rectovaginal Fistula (USA 2022) SNFCP consensus for management of anoperineal lesions in Crohn’s disease (France 2019) ESCP consensus on perianal fistula (Europe 2016) ASCRS guideline for the management of anorectal abscess, fistula-in-ano, and rectovaginal fistula (USA 2016) Suggested reading and educational material ASGIIFT (Autologous Skin Graft Intersphincteric Implantation in anal Fistula Treatment): additional step in LIFT procedure for complex transsphincteric anal fistula - a video vignette (2025) Outcome of transanal advancement flap repair (TAFR) as salvage therapy after failed ligation of intersphincteric fistula tract (LIFT)-A proposed algorithm after failed LIFT (2025) A hidden anomaly: resolving an anal duplication case after 30 fistula surgeries - a video vignette (2025) Faecal calprotectin as a non-invasive marker of Crohn's disease in anal fistulas (2025) Long-term outcomes of 'temporary' defunctioning in patients with severe perianal Crohn's disease (2025) The Songdo consensus: Development of minimum reporting standards for studies of intervention in idiopathic anal fistula using a modified nominal group technique (2025) Efficacy of anal duct ligation and muscle closure: A novel sphincter-preserving surgical technique for fistula-in-ano (2024) Delorme's style rectal advancement flap and FiLaC and for a high anterior transsphincteric fistula: a video vignette (2024) Church-style rectal advancement flap and video-assisted anal fistula treatment for high transsphincteric fistula - a video vignette (2024) Identification of spontaneous patient-reported complaints related to perianal fistula in patients with Crohn's disease (2024) More suggested reading on anorectal abscess and fistula> 7: Perianal skin conditions Chapter 7: Perianal skin conditions document View Chapter 7 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Perianal hidradenitis excision: flaps (ESCP Meeting 2024) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Proctology in men who have sex with men: a qualitative study of surgeons and patients (2025) video Core Subject Update: The itchy bottom, avoiding scratching the itch (2024) video Atypical colitis, proctology and anal neoplasia: Acute infectious proctitis / Atypical anorectal ulceration (2019) video Pruritus ani (2018) video Unusual Anorectal Pathologies: Perianal skin conditions (2017) Guidelines BAD guidelines for the management of hidradenitis suppurativa (UK 2018) ASCRS guidelines for anal squamous cell cancers (USA 2018) ACG guideline: management of benign anorectal disorders (USA 2014) Suggested reading and educational material Risk of developing high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions or anal cancer after anal condylomata treatment in people living with HIV (2024) Perianal extramammary Paget disease: our experience of two cases - a video vignette (2024) Perianal Paget's - an aggressive disease (2023) Anogenital symptoms and lesions in a series of 20 patients infected with monkeypox virus (2023) A technical note on the treatment of large perianal condylomata acuminata - a video vignette (2022) 8: Pilonidal disease Chapter 8: Pilonidal disease document View Chapter 8 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Trainee Video Session: Pilonidal sinus (ESCP meeting 2019) video Trainee Video Session: Pilonidal disease: Limberg flap (ESCP meeting 2016) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Risk of re-operation after Bascom pit pick for pilonidal sinus disease: a Danish population-based cohort study (2025) video Evaluation of holmium laser as an alternative treatment for pilonidal sinus: PILOLAS Study (2025) video My Most Challenging Case: Perianal hidradenitis suppurativa (2024) video A step-by-step protocol for applying laser 1470nm in treating sinus pilonidalis, based on the experience of 1000 cases (2024) video ActiGraft treatment in pilonidal sinus: interim results of a 3-arm randomised controlled study (2024) video Guideline for management of Pilonidal Disease (2023) video PITSTOP - PIlonidal sinus treatment: studying the options: An observational cohort with nested mixed methods and qualitative design to investigate surgical options for the treatment of pilonidal sinus disease (2023) video Reporting outcomes in common colorectal diseases: Outcomes and PROMs in pilonidal disease (2023) video Complex Proctology: Minimally invasive treatment of pilonidal disease (2022) video Common problems in proctology: Recurrent pilonidal sinus (2015) Guidelines ASCRS guidelines for the management of pilonidal disease (USA 2019) Guideline on the management of pilonidal disease (Germany 2016) ACG guideline: management of benign anorectal disorders (USA 2014) Suggested reading and educational material Distinct recurrence patterns according to disease manifestation in pilonidal sinus disease treated with cleft lift surgery at 5 years’ follow-up in a large prospective Danish cohort (2024) Time trends in incidence of pilonidal sinus disease from 1996 to 2021: a Danish population-based cohort study (2024) Research and practice priorities in pilonidal sinus disease: a consensus from the PITSTOP study (2024) Classification and stratification in pilonidal sinus disease: findings from the PITSTOP cohort (2024) Decision regret following surgical management of pilonidal disease (2024) Closed-incision negative-pressure wound therapy after Bascom's cleft lift surgery for pilonidal sinus disease: a randomized study comparing healing (2024) Long-term outcomes after cleft lift surgery for pilonidal sinus disease in post-pubertal adolescents: data from a prospective Danish cohort (2024) Classification and stratification in pilonidal sinus disease: findings from the PITSTOP cohort (2024) Research and practice priorities in pilonidal sinus disease: a consensus from the PITSTOP study (2024) Endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment: tutorial with tips and tricks - a video vignette (2024) T-plasty for recurrent pilonidal cyst with one-side lateral cavity - a video vignette (2024) More suggested reading on pilonidal disease> 9: Faecal incontinence Chapter 9: Faecal incontinence document View Chapter 9 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Virtual Operating Room: Trans-perineal surgeries for pelvic floor disorders (2024) video Standardised Trainee Video: Sacral nerve modulation (ESCP meeting 2020) video Trainees Video Session: Sphincteroplasty (ESCP meeting 2015) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Outcomes of rechargeable sacral neuromodulation for faecal incontinence: a single-centre observational study (2025) video Exploring self-management strategies: a qualitative analysis of lives affected by LARS through an online peer-support forum in a multi-center RCT (2025) video SNM for fecal incontinence: are we ready for patient selection? (2025) video Interim analysis of the Spanish prospective registry of sacral neuromodulation (2025) video Intrarectal injections of botulinum toxin for the treatment of urge fecal incontinence: long-term results of an FI-Toxin cohort study (2025) video Challenging Scenarios in Pelvic Floor and Proctology: Intra-rectal botox in incontinence and LARS (2024) video Cohorts and Audits: Faecal incontinence (2024) More presentations on faecal incontinence> Guidelines Guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of Faecal Incontinence (ESCP 2022) ICS best practice for use of sacral neuromodulation (International 2018) Consultation on incontinence (International 2018) Sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence and constipation (ESCP 2015) ASCRS guideline for the treatment of fecal incontinence (USA 2015) Suggested reading and educational material Sphincteroplasty and levator imbrication for faecal incontinence - a video vignette (2025) One-stage implant in sacral neuromodulation for faecal incontinence - short-term outcome from a prospective study (2024) Risk factors for complications following sacral neuromodulation for faecal incontinence: long-term follow-up (2024) Toward a core outcome set for faecal incontinence - a systematic review of outcomes reported in the literature (2024) Irritable bowel syndrome worsens faecal incontinence after primary repair of major obstetric anal sphincter injuries (2024) Innovative home-based anal biofeedback application in faecal incontinence treatment - a video vignette (2024) More suggested reading on faecal incontinence> 10: Constipation Chapter 10: Constipation document View Chapter 10 Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Treatment of faecal incontinence and chronic constipation with low-volume transanal irrigation (2025) video Managing constipation (2025) video Slow transit constipation when laxative failed: 'surgery' or 'everything but no surgery' (2025) video My most challenging case: Slow transit constipation and outlet problem (2023) video State-of-the-Art for Management of Syndromes of Disordered Defaecation: Patient selection for biofeedback in the conservative management constipation (2022) video Functional Disorders and the Pelvic Floor: The neuro-entreric axis (2021) video Functional Disorders and the Pelvic Floor: Constipation - definitions and syndromes (2021) video Core Subject Update: Surgery for constipation (2019) video Toward precision diagnosis and precision treatment: Surgical options for constipation (2019) video Benign Chronical Abdominal Diseases for the Colorectal Surgeon: Surgery for slow transit constipation (2017) Guidelines ASCRS consensus on definitions for anorectal physiology testing and pelvic floor terminology (USA 2018) SNFCP guidelines in treating chronic constipation (France 2018) ESCP surgery for constipation: practice recommendations (Europe 2017) Suggested reading and educational material Effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of sacral neuromodulation for idiopathic slow-transit constipation: a systematic review (2024) Grossi U, Piccino M, Sarli L. Single-incision laparoscopic Sarli procedure: subtotal colectomy with antiperistaltic caecorectal anastomosis for slow-transit constipation - a video vignette (2024) Habit training versus habit training with direct visual biofeedback in adults with chronic constipation: a randomized controlled trial (2023) Long-term outcomes of total colectomy for severe constipation (2023) Habit training versus habit training with direct visual biofeedback in adults with chronic constipation: a randomized controlled trial (2023) Prospective cohort study of high-volume transanal irrigation in patients with constipation and/or faecal incontinence (2023) Transanal irrigation is a better choice for bowel dysfunction in adults with Spina bifida: a randomised controlled trial (2023) The application of a robotic single-incision plus one-port laparoscopic total colectomy with fascia space priority for slow-transit constipation - a video vignette (2022) Ileostomy for chronic constipation: a good idea or just asking for more trouble? (2021) Long-term outcome of intractable constipation treated by sacral neuromodulation: a comparison between children and adults (2018) Surgery for constipation: systematic review and practice recommendations: Results V: Sacral Nerve Stimulation (2017) Surgery for constipation: systematic review and clinical guidance: Paper 1: Introduction & Methods (2017) 11: Defaecation disorders Chapter 11: Defaecation disorders document View Chapter 11 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video A new minimally invasive transanal surgery: a TAMIS mucosectomy approach for obstructed defecation syndrome (ESCP Meeting 2024) video Multifaceted Obstructive Defecation Syndrome: Surgery for ODS abdominal approach (ESCP Meeting 2024) video Multifaceted Obstructive Defecation Syndrome: Surgery for ODS perineal (ESCP Meeting 2024) video Virtual Operating Room: Trans-perineal surgeries for pelvic floor disorders (2024) The three 'I's': Indications, Investigations, Interventions (Rectopexy Webinar 2022) The Ins and Outs of Ventral Mesh Rectopexy, how to do it (Rectopexy Webinar 2022) Avoiding Problems (Rectopexy Webinar 2022) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video What tools to classify the obstructed defecation’s patients? (2025) video Trans-anal irrigation for defaecatory disorders: results from a tertiary care institution (2025) video Challenging Scenarios in Pelvic Floor and Proctology: Pelvic floor and dyssynergia (2024) video Challenging Scenarios in Pelvic Floor and Proctology: Patient with previous anorectal malformations (2024) video Management of pelvic floor conditions: what every trainee should know (2024) video Multifaceted Obstructive Defecation Syndrome: ODS indications for surgery (2024) video Multifaceted Obstructive Defecation Syndrome: ODS - anorectal intussusception (2024) video Multifaceted Obstructive Defecation Syndrome: ODS - in LARS (2024) video Multifaceted Obstructive Defecation Syndrome: ODS - with anismus (2024) More presentations on defaecation disorders> Guidelines ESCP, UEG, ESGAR, EAGEN, ESGENA, ESNM and ESPCG Consensus: Development of the guideline on multidisciplinary management of obstructed defecation syndrome (Europe 2024) NIHR Surgery for constipation: guidance (UK 2017) NIHR surgery for constipation: recommendations I (UK 2017) AIGO/SICCR consensus on chronic constipation and obstructed defecation (Italy 2012) Suggested reading and educational material Results of the international audit for faecal incontinence on behalf of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) collaborating group (2025) Transanal irrigation: bridging the gap in treatment for chronic constipation and/or faecal incontinence - a systematic review and management guidance (2025) Biofeedback training versus botox injection for the treatment of dyssynergic defaecation: a randomized controlled trial (2025) Can we use integrated total pelvic floor ultrasound as a screening tool in defaecatory pelvic floor dysfunction? A prospective evaluation of the accuracy of integrated total pelvic floor ultrasound compared with defaecation proctography (2025) Altemeier's procedure after laparoscopic rectopexy in refractory Crohn's proctitis - a video vignette (2024) Toward a core outcome set for faecal incontinence - a systematic review of outcomes reported in the literature (2024) More suggested reading on defaecation disorders> 12: Rectal prolapse, intussusception, solitary rectal ulcer Chapter 12: Rectal prolapse, intussusception, solitary rectal ulcer document View Chapter 12 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Colon MDT Session: Altemeier technique for repairing incarcerated rectal prolapse (ESCP Meeting 2024) video Rectocele repair: vaginal approach  (ESCP Meeting 2024) video Virtual Operating Room: Trans-perineal surgeries for pelvic floor disorders (2024) The three 'I's': Indications, Investigations, Interventions (Rectopexy Webinar 2022) The Ins and Outs of Ventral Mesh Rectopexy, how to do it (Rectopexy Webinar 2022) Avoiding Problems (Rectopexy Webinar 2022) video Trainee Video Session: Rectal prolapse: Delormes (ESCP meeting 2019) video Trainee Video Session: Rectal prolapse: Altemeier (ESCP meeting 2019) video Trainee Video Session: Rectal prolapse: lap ventral mesh rectopexy (ESCP meeting 2019) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Divergent expert interpretations of robotic ventral rectopexy in a step-based video review: we need to speak the same language! (2025) video How to choose the correct operation for rectal prolapse (2025) video Ventral rectopexy collaborative: an international audit (2025) video Ventral mesh rectopexy toward a standardized technique (2025) video Multicompartment assessment for PFD (2025) video Very long-term follow-up: functional outcomes more than 12 years after a randomised control trial of posterior sutured rectopexy versus ventral mesh rectopexy for external rectal prolapse (2025) video MR defecography vs Dynamic US in the assessment of PFDs (2025) More presentations on rectal prolapse, intussusception, solitary rectal ulcer> Guidelines Guidelines webinar: Mesh in Pelvis (2022) Guidance on the use of mesh in the pelvis in colorectal surgery (ESCP 2021) SICCR consensus on management and treatment of complete rectal prolapse (Italy 2018) ASCRS guidelines for the treatment of rectal prolapse (USA 2017) NIHR surgery for constipation: recommendations II (UK 2017) Suggested reading and educational material Robotic ventral mesh rectopexy for obstructed defecation syndrome using the Hugo RAS™ system - a video vignette (2025) A robotic approach to redo ventral mesh rectopexy following laparoscopic rectopexy with biological mesh for rectal prolapse recurrence: a video vignette (2025) Ventral mesh rectopexy: Variations in technique and care process: a multicentre study (2025) Is mesh related morbidity the real thread in ventral rectopexy? Results of a retrospective international multicentre comparative analysis of biologic versus synthetic mesh (2025) Sigmoido-rectal intussusception anastomosis in the Altemeier procedure for incarcerated rectal prolapse - a video vignette and 13 case reports (2025) Anal sphincter function in rectal intussusception and high and low "take-off" external rectal prolapse - a prospective observational study (2024) Efficacy of surgical treatments for the management of solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: a network meta-analysis (2024) More suggested reading on rectal prolapse, intussusception, solitary rectal ulcer> 13: Irritable bowel syndrome Chapter 13: Irritable bowel syndrome document View Chapter 13 Selected meeting presentation on this topic video Reporting outcomes in common colorectal diseases: Mono versus combination therapy on irritable bowel syndrome (2023) video Benign Chronical Abdominal Diseases for the Colorectal Surgeon: IBS (2017) Guidelines Survey on constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (Canada 2016) BDA guidelines for the dietary management of irritable bowel syndrome in adults (UK 2016) Suggested reading and educational material Irritable bowel syndrome worsens faecal incontinence after primary repair of major obstetric anal sphincter injuries (2024) The monkey chased the weasel: is it irritable bowel syndrome or faecal incontinence we find following obstetric anal sphincter injuries? (2024) Increased incidence and recurrence rates of acute diverticulitis in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (2020) Cost-effectiveness analysis of sacral nerve stimulation as treatment for severe irritable bowel syndrome (2018) Three-year follow-up of sacral nerve stimulation for patients with diarrhoea-predominant and mixed irritable bowel syndrome (2017) Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation in patients with endometriosis (2011) 14: Inflammatory bowel disease: Ulcerative colitis Chapter 14: Inflammatory bowel disease: Ulcerative colitis document View Chapter 14 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Acute Severe Colitis: Revisional ileoanal pouch surgery with in situ pouch augmentation for recurrent pouch inlet stricture (ESCP Meeting 2024) video Fascia latae graft in colorectal surgery: a new practical and aesthetic way of fixing ileal pouch prolapse (ESCP Meeting 2024) video Robotic proctectomy and ileoanal pouch with SST anastomosis after open total colectomy: how and why we do it? (ESCP Meeting 2024) video Robotic ventral mesh placement for external prolapse of ileoanal pouch (ESCP Meeting 2024) video My most challenging case: Ileoanal pouch excision: how multiple technical failures can lead to pouch dysfunction (ESCP Meeting 2023) video Tips and tricks in ileoanal pouch creation (ESCP Meeting 2015) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Acute Severe Colitis: Effects of rectal stump proctitis on long-term outcomes after proctectomy and IPAA for ulcerative colitis (2024) video Acute Severe Colitis: Surgical management of acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC): case report (2024) video Acute Severe Colitis: QoL with severe UC (surgery vs medical treatment) (2024) video Acute Severe Colitis: Surgery for acute colitis (2024) video Acute Severe Colitis: Medical rescue for acute colitis (2024) video Acute Severe Colitis: Different types of severe colitis (UC, immunomediated, ischemic, infectious) (2024) More presentations on IBD: ulcerative colitis> Guidelines ECCO guidelines on therapeutics in ulcerative colitis: medical treatment (Europe 2022) ECCO guidelines on therapeutics in ulcerative colitis: surgical treatment (Europe 2022) ACPGBI consensus guidelines on surgery for inflammatory bowel disease (UK 2018) ECCO consensus for diagnosis and management of ulcerative colitis: part 1 (Europe 2017) ECCO consensus for diagnosis and management of ulcerative colitis: part 2 (Europe 2017) ECCO consensus for surgery for ulcerative colitis (Europe 2014) Suggested reading and educational material Analysis of preoperative predictors for pouchitis after surgery for ulcerative colitis: a multicentre retrospective study of the clinical outcome of surgery for ulcerative colitis in Japan (COSUC study) (2025) Long-term outcomes of biologic therapy for the treatment of prepouch ileitis: a multi-centre multi-national retrospective study (2025) Impact of total proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis on sexual function, psychological well-being and quality of life in ulcerative colitis: a prospective cohort from the GETAID chirurgie group (2025) Chance of pouch surgery after colectomy for ulcerative colitis based on pelvic pouch volumes at the colectomy hospital, a Swedish national cohort study (2025) Long-term perineal wound healing and re-operation rates after proctectomy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease - a retrospective multicentre study (2025) Perineal salvage surgery for prolapse of ileal pouch anal anastomosis: systematic review and meta-analysis (2025) PAVFCOS: The development of a core outcome set for pouch anal and vaginal fistula (2025) Untwisting the plot: Resolving a misdiagnosis of Crohn's disease in an ulcerative colitis patient with a twisted J-pouch - a video vignette (2025) More suggested reading on IBD: ulcerative colitis> 15: Crohn's disease Chapter 15: Crohn's disease document View Chapter 15 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Abdominal Crohn's Disease: Bowel sparing laparoscopic approach in penetrating Crohn's disease (ESCP meeting 2024) video Tips and tricks during minimally invasive ilecolic resection for Crohn's (ESCP meeting 2023) video Trainee Video Session: Ileocolic handsewn anastomosis (ESCP meeting 2019) video Trainee Video Session: Ileocolic extracorporal stapled anastomosis (ESCP meeting 2019) video Trainee Video Session: Ileocolic intracorporal stapled anastomosis (ESCP meeting 2019) video Dissection for ileocolic Crohn's (ESCP meeting 2018) video Injection of freshly collected autologous adipose tissue for treatment of perianal fistula (ESCP meeting 2019) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Abdominal Crohn's Disease: Ileocolic resection with temporary ileostomy for Crohn's disease: does it affect long-term disease recurrence compared with primary anastomosis? (2024) video Abdominal Crohn's Disease: Stenotic Crohn's disease: surgery vs endoscopic dilatation (2024) video Abdominal Crohn's Disease: Medical prevention of recurrence: pros and cons (2024) video Abdominal Crohn's Disease: Type of anastomosis (2024) video Abdominal Crohn's Disease: Close bowel vs central ligation (2024) video Abdominal Crohn's Disease: Timing of surgery in Crohn's disease (2024) video Current Debates in IBD: Crohn's disaster (2024) More presentations on Crohn's disease> Guidelines ECCO guidelines on therapeutics in Crohn’s disease: surgical treatment (Europe 2020) ECCO guidelines on therapeutics in Crohn's disease: medical treatment (Europe 2020) ASCRS guidelines for surgical management of Crohn's disease (USA 2020) ACPGBI consensus guidelines on surgery for inflammatory bowel disease (UK 2018) ECCO-ESCP consensus on surgery for Crohn’s disease (Europe 2017) ECCO consensus for diagnosis and management of Crohn’s disease: part 1 (Europe 2016) Suggested reading and educational material Long-term perineal wound healing and re-operation rates after proctectomy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease - a retrospective multicentre study (2025) Mesenteric excision and Kono-S anastomosis trial (MEErKAT): a study protocol for a multicentre, 2 × 2 factorial, randomised controlled, open-label superiority trial (2025) Untwisting the plot: Resolving a misdiagnosis of Crohn's disease in an ulcerative colitis patient with a twisted J-pouch - a video vignette (2025) Resection of complex Crohn's mass using hydro-dissection: a video vignette (2025) Kono-S anastomosis in stricturing Crohn's disease - how we do it: a step-by-step approach for surgical trainees - a video vignette (2025) Editorial May 2025: Emergency laparotomy for Crohn's disease - should it be a ‘never event’? (2025) Bowel preserving surgery for stricturing jejunoileal Crohn's disease, Part 3: Small bowel resection with handsewn end-to-end anastomosis, a step-by-step video vignette (2025) The patient and clinician perspective on ‘early’ bowel resection for terminal ileal Crohn's disease (EBRIC): protocol for a multicentre mixed-methods study (2025) More suggested reading on Crohn's disease> 16: Indeterminate colitis Chapter 16: Indeterminate colitis document View Chapter 16 Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Acute Severe Colitis: Different types of severe colitis (UC, immunomediated, ischemic, infectious) (2024) video Acute Severe Colitis: Medical rescue for acute colitis (2024) video Acute Severe Colitis: Surgery for acute colitis (2024) video Acute Severe Colitis: Discussion (2024) video Acute Severe Colitis: QoL with severe UC (surgery vs medical treatment) (2024) video Acute Severe Colitis: Revisional ileoanal pouch surgery with in situ pouch augmentation for recurrent pouch inlet stricture (2024) video Acute Severe Colitis: Surgical management of acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC): case report (2024) video Acute Severe Colitis: Effects of rectal stump proctitis on long-term outcomes after proctectomy and IPAA for ulcerative colitis (2024) Guidelines ECCO consensus on surgery for ulcerative colitis (Europe 2015) ECCO/ESP practice guide: histopathological approach to inflammatory bowel disease (Europe 2014) Suggested reading and educational material Difference in the frequency of pouchitis between ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis: is the explanation in peripouch fat? (2019) Patient decision‐making in severe inflammatory bowel disease: the need for improved communication of treatment options and preferences (2019) The extent of inflammation is a predictor for pouch-related complications in ileal pouches in patients with ulcerative or indeterminate colitis (2014) Do preoperative factors predict subsequent diagnosis of Crohn's disease after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative or indeterminate colitis? (2010) 17: Diverticular disease Chapter 17: Diverticular disease document View Chapter 17 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video My most challenging case: Robotic Hartmann’s procedure for coexisting colovaginal and colovesical fistulae, with specimen extraction through a natural orifice (ESCP meeting 2023) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Core subject update: Medical treatment of IBD (2023) video Reporting outcomes in common colorectal diseases: Young patients with diverticulosis have the highest 10-year risk of diverticulitis; a Swedish retrospective observational study (2023) video Core Subject Update: Acute diverticulitis (2022) video Diverticular disease: DAMASCUS (2022) video Diverticular disease: SCANDIVII (2022) video My Most Challenging Case: Complicated diverticular disease - fistulas abscesses (2022) video My Most Challenging Case: Emergency Hartman operation (2021) video Diverticulitis (2021) More presentations on diverticular disease> Guidelines ESCP guidelines for the management of diverticular disease of the colon (Europe 2020) ASCRS guidelines for left-sided colonic diverticulitis (2020) JGA guidelines for colonic diverticular bleeding and diverticulitis (Japan 2019) Systematic review of international guidelines on diverticular disease (International 2018) ASCP position statement on complicated diverticular disease (Spain 2017) Suggested reading and educational material Complications of diverticulosis, frequency and risk factors: Results from a large database with long-term follow-up (2025) The DIVIPACT cohort profile: Evaluating the impact of colonic diverticulosis on daily life (2025) Impact of elective surgery on tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6 and quality of life in uncomplicated diverticular disease (2025) Treating acute diverticulitis in pre- and post-solid-organ transplant patients: a single-institution cohort study (2023) Robotic reversal of open Hartmann's procedure for Hinchey 3 diverticulitis: a video vignette (2023) Exploring ethnic differences in post-discharge patterns of surgical care for older adults admitted with diverticulitis (2023) Risk of colorectal advanced neoplasia in patients with acute diverticulitis with and without previous colonoscopy (2023) More suggested reading on diverticular disease> 18: Other colitides Chapter 18: Other colitides document View Chapter 18 Selected meeting presentation on this topic video Emergency colorectal surgery: Ischaemic colitis how do we manage it (2023) video Interactive Trainee Workshop: Ischemic colitis (2017) video Trainee Round Table Session: Fulminant toxic colitis (2016) Guidelines DGHO guidelines on diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal complications in adult cancer patients (Germany 2017) AGA guideline on the medical management of microscopic colitis (USA 2016) ACG guideline: colon ischemia (USA 2015) Suggested reading and educational material Microscopic colitis: a population-based case series over a 9-year period in Northern Ireland (2018) Differences in the socio-economic distribution of inflammatory bowel disease and microscopic colitis (2017) Risk factors for severity and relapse of pseudomembranous colitis in an elderly population (2007) The outcome of surgery in fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis (2006) 19: Medical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease Chapter 19: Medical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease document View Chapter 19 Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Abdominal Crohn's Disease: Medical prevention of recurrence: pros and cons (2024) video Abdominal Crohn's Disease: Stenotic Crohn's disease: surgery vs endoscopic dilatation (2024) video Peri-operative optimisation of patients with IBD: what is the evidence? (2024) video Challenging scenarios within IBD: Management of primary ileocaecal Crohn's - surgery vs medical therapy (2023) video IBD (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) (2018) video Screening and Surveillance: Dysplasia in IBD - implications for the surgeon (2017) video Controversies in Crohn's disease management: Medical therapy after 'curative' ileocaecal resection: what’s new? (2015) Guidelines ECCO consensus for diagnosis and management of ulcerative colitis: part 1 (Europe 2017) ECCO consensus for diagnosis and management of ulcerative colitis: part 2 (Europe 2017) ECCO consensus for diagnosis and management of Crohn’s disease: part 1 (Europe 2016) Suggested reading and educational material Financial toxicity among patients undergoing resectional surgery for inflammatory bowel disease in the United States (2024) A survey of patient informational preferences when choosing between medical and surgical therapy for ulcerative colitis: a sub-study from the DISCUSS project (2023) Is early bowel resection better than medical therapy for ileocolonic Crohn's disease? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2023) Prospective and multicentre study of radiofrequency treatment in anal fistula (2022) Identification of the optimal medical and surgical management for patients with perianal fistulising Crohn's disease (2022) A phase IB/IIA study of remestemcel-L, an allogeneic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell product, for the treatment of medically refractory ulcerative colitis: an interim analysis (2022) Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors in Crohn's disease and the effect on surgery rates (2022) Perioperative safety of tofacitinib in surgical ulcerative colitis patients (2021) More suggested reading on medical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease> 20: Endometriosis Chapter 20: Endometriosis document View Chapter 20 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic Videos on the surgical procedures and techniques for this topic will be added soon Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Management of Bowel Endometriosis: Bowel endometriosis as seen from a gynaecologist (2021) video Management of Bowel Endometriosis: Bowel endometriosis as seen from a general surgeon (2021) video Discoid resection of rectal endometriosis (2021) video Core Subject Update: Endometriosis (2018) video Benign Chronical Abdominal Diseases for the Colorectal Surgeon: Endometrioses (2017) Guidelines CNGOF/HAS guidelines for management of endometriosis (France 2018) Comparison of guidelines for surgical treatment of different types of endometriosis (International 2018) Suggested reading and educational material Indocyanine green fluorescence for ureter identification in low-anterior resection during an en bloc excision of recurrent endometrial tumour infiltrating the rectum - a video vignette (2025) Endometriosis and its role in pouch patients: a matched-pair analysis (2025) A quality-of-life meta-analysis comparing pre- and postoperative symptoms in women undergoing colorectal resection for deep infiltrating endometriosis (2025) The impact of surgeon speciality on surgical outcomes following colorectal resection for endometriosis (2025) Excision of anterior abdominal wall endometriotic nodule and reconstruction - a video vignette (2022) Evaluation of functional outcomes after disc excision of deep endometriosis involving low and mid rectum using standardized questionnaires: a series of 80 patients (2020) More suggested reading on endometriosis> 21: Appendicitis Chapter 21: Appendicitis document View Chapter 21 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Trainee Video: Tips and tricks in appendicectomy (ESCP meeting 2022) video The ideal lap appendectomy: sometimes, not always! (ESCP meeting 2018) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Role of preoperative antibiotic treatment on appendiceal perforation while awaiting appendicectomy (perfect antibiotics): pragmatic, open-label, multicentre, randomised, non-inferiority trial (2024) video PERFECT - Role of delay on PERForation rate while waiting appendicECTomy: a randomized non-inferiority trial (2023) video My Most Challenging Case: Acute appendicitis - challenges in appendicular abscess (2021) video Malignant appendix - how to handle? (2017) Guidelines WSES Jerusalem Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis (International 2016) EAES Consensus on Diagnosis and Management of Acute Appendicitis (Europe 2016) Suggested reading and educational material Surveillance of low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms for progression to pseudomyxoma peritonei: results from a structured surveillance programme (2024) The other colon cancer: a population-based cohort study of appendix tumour trends and prognosis (2023) Risk of colorectal cancer in patients with appendicitis over the age of 40 years (2022) Childhood appendicitis and future risk of inflammatory bowel disease - a nationwide cohort study in Sweden 1973-2017 (2022) Caecal diverticulitis can be misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis: a systematic review of the literature (2021) Elevated prevalence of nodal positivity in carcinoid tumours of the appendix smaller than 2 cm has a negative impact on overall survival (2020) What is a ‘mucocele’ of the appendix and how are these lesions best managed? Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing (2019) Diagnosing acute appendicitis: surgery or imaging? (2016) Patient and surgeon factors are associated with the use of laparoscopy in appendicitis (2012) Appendicitis in pregnancy: an ongoing diagnostic dilemma (2009) 22: Benign tumours Chapter 22: Benign tumours document View Chapter 22 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Hybrid endoscopic - laparoscopic excision colonic polyps (ESCP meeting 2019) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Interactive Trainee Workshop: Management of appendix tumour (2018) video Unusual Anorectal Pathologies: Management of intra-mural rectal lesions (NET and GIST) (2017) Guidelines ASCRS Guidelines for the Management of Inherited Polyposis Syndromes (USA 2017) BSG Position Statement on Serrated Polyps in the Colon and Rectum (UK 2017) ESGE Guideline for Colorectal Polypectomy and Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (Europe 2017) Suggested reading and educational material The impact of a multidisciplinary team approach on the management of patients diagnosed with complex colorectal polyps (2024) Technical risk factors for benign anastomotic strictures in colorectal and/or coloanal anastomosis: a retrospective case-control study (2024) Traction-assisted endoscopic submucosal dissection for the management of complex colonic lesions in patients with diverticulosis - a video vignette (2024) The impact of a multidisciplinary team approach on the management of patients diagnosed with complex colorectal polyps (2024) Adenoma characteristics in the English Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (2024) Robotic and transvaginal excision of rectal leiomyoma - a video vignette (2023) More suggested reading on benign tumours> 23: Principles of tumour classification Chapter 23: Principles of tumour classification document View Chapter 23 Guidelines CAP Protocol for the examination of resection specimens from patients with primary carcinoma of the colon and rectum (USA 2020) AJCC 8th Edition: Colorectal Cancer (Europe 2018) AJCC Cancer Staging Manual 7th Edition - PDF (USA 2010) UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors 7th Edition - PDF (International 2009) Suggested reading and educational material Validation of the German classification system for quality assessment of right-sided colon cancer specimens (2023) The neoadjuvant rectal score and a novel magnetic resonance imaging based neoadjuvant rectal score are stage independent predictors of long-term outcome in locally advanced rectal cancer (2023) Development and validation of a novel prognostic score to predict survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: the metastatic colorectal cancer score (mCCS) (2019) Prognostic value of tumour regression grade in locally advanced rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018) Colon cancer with unresectable synchronous metastases: the AAAP scoring system for predicting the outcome after primary tumour resection (2016) Clinicopathological differences between familial colorectal cancer type X and sporadic cancer in an isolated area of Spain (2016) 24: Genetics Chapter 24: Genetics document View Chapter 24 Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Controversies in Colorectal Cancer Surgery: What is new in hereditary cancer predisposition? (2024) video Core Subject Update: GRC genetics (2024) video My Most Challenging Case: Inherited polyposis (2024) video A Lynch odyssey: 30 years, 13 tumours (2023) video Biology of colorectal cancer: Postoperative serum vascular endothelial growth factor and recurrence after curative colon cancer surgery. A multicenter study (2023) video Biology of colorectal cancer: Liver oligometastatic disease: a curable condition (2023) video Biology of colorectal cancer: ctDNA: a guide for management in neo-adjuvant, adjuvant and follow-up settings (2023) video Fate of the rectum or pouch and ATZ after surgery in FAP (2023) video Genetic testing and surgical recommendations: where is the problem? (2023) video Rationale for a required revised edition of the Spigelman criteria (2023) More presentations on genetics> Guidelines EHTG/ESCP: Updated European guidelines for clinical management of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP), gastric adenocarcinoma, proximal polyposis of the stomach (GAPPS) and other rare adenomatous polyposis syndromes (Europe 2024) ESCP Lynch syndrome, based on gene and gender (Europe 2020) ASCRS Guidelines for the Management of Inherited Polyposis Syndromes (USA 2017) ASCRS Guidelines for the Surgical Treatment of Patients with Lynch Syndrome (USA 2017) ASCO/ESMO Guideline for Familial Risk Colorectal Cancer (USA/Europe 2015) Suggested reading and educational material Tumour genotypes account for survival differences in right- and left-sided colon cancers (2022) Young-onset colorectal cancer: Insights from an English population-based study (2022) Implications for the colorectal surgeon following the 100 000 Genomes Project (2021) Timing of prophylactic colectomy in familial adenomatous polyposis (2020) MUTYH-associated polyposis – colorectal phenotype and management (2020) Urinary volatile organic compounds and faecal microbiome profiles in colorectal cancer (2019) Experience of the implementation and outcomes of universal testing for Lynch syndrome in the United Kingdom (2019) The PTPN13 Y2081D (T>G) (rs989902) polymorphism is associated with an increased risk of sporadic colorectal cancer (2017) Translating colorectal cancer genetics into clinically useful biomarkers (2016) 25: Colon cancer Chapter 25: Colon cancer document View Chapter 25 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Ureter identification strategies in complex colorectal surgery (ESCP meeting 2024) video Abdominal surgical video: Mechanical intracorporeal ileocolic anastomosis: how we do it (ESCP meeting 2023) video Abdominal surgical video: Preoperative planning of D3 right colectomy with 3 dimensional vascular reconstruction (ESCP meeting 2023) video Abdominal surgical video: Laparoscopic splenic flexure mobilisation (ESCP meeting 2023) More procedures/techniques for colon cancer> Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Challenging Scenarios in Pelvic Floor and Proctology: Laser speckle contrast imaging for intraoperative assessment of anastomotic perfusion (2024) video CME versus standard right hemicolectomy for potentially curable right colon cancer: a comparison of survival outcomes against known pathological prognostic factors (2024) video Cohorts and Audits: Update about results from completed ESCP studies: CORREA (2024) video Colon MDT Session: DT 1 - Standardised staging of colon cancer (2024) More presentations on colon cancer> Guidelines Localised colon cancer: ESMO clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (Europe 2020) JSCCR Guidelines for the treatment of colorectal cancer (Japan 2019) Synopsis of Guidelines on Follow-up after Treatment of Nonmetastatic Colorectal Cancer (Europe 2019) Follow-up treatment for non-metastatic colorectal cancer (ESCP 2018) Comparison of Western and Asian Guidelines Concerning the Management of Colon Cancer (International 2018) ACPGBI Guidelines for the Surgical Management of Cancer of the Colon, Rectum and Anus (UK 2017) ASCRS Guidelines for the Treatment of Colon Cancer (USA 2017) ESMO Guidelines for Early Colon Cancer (Europe 2013) Suggested reading and educational material Risk factors and risk prediction modelling for pelvic sepsis and anastomotic leak following robotic total mesorectal excision with primary anastomosis for rectal cancer (2025) Splenic flexure mobilization in left-sided colonic and rectal resections: A meta-analysis and meta-regression of factors associated with anastomotic leak and complications (2024) The risk of lymph node metastasis in patients with T2 colon cancer (2023) Association between plane of mesocolic dissection and recurrence after complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer: a cohort study (2023) Validation of the German classification system for quality assessment of right-sided colon cancer specimens (2023) Survival in relation to time to start of curative treatment of colon cancer: a national register-based observational noninferiority study (2023) More suggested reading on colon cancer> 26: Rectal cancer Chapter 26: Rectal cancer document View Chapter 26 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Low tie vs high tie in low anterior sections (ESCP Meeting 2024) video Use of 4K 3D surgical exoscope during transanal transection and single stapled anastomosis: a novel approach for transanal surgery (ESCP Meeting 2024) video Abdominal surgical video: Pelvic phase of robotic TME (ESCP Meeting 2023) video Abdominal surgical video: Robotic transanal minimally invasive surgery for local excision of rectal neoplasms: a description of the technique (ESCP Meeting 2023) More procedures/techniques for rectal cancer> Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Cohorts and Audits: Update about results from completed ESCP studies: CORREA (2024) video Comparison of laparoscopic versus robot-assisted surgery for rectal cancers (COLRAR): long-term oncologic outcomes of a prospective, multi-center, randomised controlled trial (2024) video Controversies in Colorectal Cancer Surgery: TTSS: transanal transection and single staple for anastomosis (2024) video Controversies in Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Palliative and compromised resections: what are the indications (with case examples) (2024) More presentations on rectal cancer> Guidelines NCCN Guideline: Rectal Cancer (USA 2025) ASCO: Management of locally advanced rectal cancer (USA 2024) Localised rectal cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (USA 2020) TaTME: Transanal total mesorectal excision (ESCP 2020) ASCRS Guidelines for the management of rectal cancer (USA 2020) Follow-up treatment for non-metastatic colorectal cancer (ESCP 2018) ESMO Guideline for colon and rectal cancer (Europe 2017) Organ preservation in rectal cancer: a synopsis of current guidelines (2017) National and international guidelines for rectal cancer (International 2014) Consensus on the multidisciplinary management of patients with recurrent and primary rectal cancer beyond total mesorectal excision planes (Europe 2013) ESMO Guidelines for Management of Patients with Colon and Rectal Cancer (Europe 2012) Suggested reading and educational material Impact of fluorescence angiography on anastomotic leak and complication rate in colorectal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (2025) Impact of preoperative radiotherapy on patient-reported outcomes in rectal cancer (2025) Impact of rectal cancer multidisciplinary conferences on patient care plans (2025) Association between anastomotic leak after rectal resection and bowel dysfunction, a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression (2025) ctDNA as a predictor of outcome after curative resection for locally advanced rectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis (2024) Splenic flexure mobilization in left-sided colonic and rectal resections: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of factors associated with anastomotic leak and complications (2024) A systematic review and meta-analysis of oncological outcomes with transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer (2024) More suggested reading on rectal cancer> 27: Anal intraepithelial neoplasia and anal cancer Chapter 27: Anal intraepithelial neoplasia and anal cancer document View Chapter 27 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Trainee Video Session: High resolution anuscopy (HRA) (ESCP meeting 2019) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Anal melanoma (2023) video Core subject update: AIN/Anal cancer (2023) video Atypical colitis, proctology and anal neoplasia: Condylomata, HPV, and AIN (2019) video Atypical colitis, proctology and anal neoplasia: Personalised anal cancer management in 2020 (2019) video Core Subject Update: AIN (2016) More presentations on AIN and anal cancer> Guidelines NCCN Guideline: Anal Carcinoma (USA 2025) ASCO Guideline: Systemic Therapy for Stage I-III Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma (USA 2024) ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline: Anal Cancer (Europe 2021) ASCRS Guidelines for Anal Squamous Cell Cancers (USA 2018) ESMO/ESSO/ESTRO Guidelines for Anal Cancer (Europe 2014) Suggested reading and educational material Impact of perineal healing on oncological outcome following surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the anus (2025) The value of routine histopathological examination after haemorrhoidectomy in patients at low and high risk of anal squamous intraepithelial lesions and cancer (2025) High-grade intraepithelial lesions of the anus - patience: a road to wisdom (2025) Patient reported long-term side effects on bowel function and anal pain in anal cancer survivors – 3- and 6-year results from the Swedish national ANCA study (2024) Short- and long-term outcomes of surgical treatment for inguinal lymph node metastasis in rectal and anal canal adenocarcinoma (2024) Risk of developing high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions or anal cancer after anal condylomata treatment in people living with HIV (2024) High-resolution anoscopy in a patient with a positive HPV DNA test - a video vignette (2023) More suggested reading on AIN and anal cancer> 28: Peritoneal malignancies and colorectal peritoneal metastases Chapter 28: Peritoneal malignancies and colorectal peritoneal metastases document View Chapter 28 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic Videos on the surgical procedures and techniques for this topic will be added soon Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Improving Outcome in Colon Cancer: HIPEC for CRC: boom or bust and what about prophylactic (2022) video Colorectal Cancer: Cytoreduction with or without HIPEC for peritoneal carcinomatosis (2020) video What's new in immuno- and chemotherapy for colorectal tumours? Prophylactic HIPEC in high-risk colonic cancer patients (2018) video Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC in Colorectal Cancer (2016) Guidelines ASCO: INDEPSO-ISPSM Consensus on Peritoneal Malignancies: Management of Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases (Indian 2024) Peritoneal Surface Oncology Group International Consensus on HIPEC Regimens for Peritoneal Malignancies: Colorectal Cancer (International 2022) SICO Consensus of the peritoneal surface malignancies (Italy 2021) SEOM Clinical guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (Spain 2018) PSOGI Survey of Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC for Colorectal Peritoneal Metastasis (International 2018) ESCP consensus on the treatment of peritoneal metastases of colorectal origin (Europe 2017) ASPSM Guidelines for HIPEC in Colorectal Cancer (USA 2014) Suggested reading and educational material Safe skills transfer and mentorship: the all-Wales colorectal peritoneal metastasis service - a collaborative strategy to develop a new national service (2025) Reported outcomes following cytoreductive surgery for colorectal peritoneal metastases: a systematic review to inform evidence-based practice and international consensus (2024) Tumour deposits are independently associated with recurrence in colon cancer (2024) Laparoscopic peritonectomy with or without rectal resection for peritoneal metastases of colon cancer involving the pouch of Douglas: a video vignette (2024) Single-incision laparoscopic surgery for benign peritoneal cystic mesothelioma - a video vignette (2024) Robotic anterior resection and partial peritonectomy for rectal cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis - a video vignette (2023) Fluorescence ureteral navigation for colorectal cancer invading seminal vesicle with peritoneal dissemination - a video vignette (2022) More suggested reading on peritoneal malignancies and colorectal peritoneal metastases> 29: Retrorectal tumours Chapter 29: Retrorectal tumours document View Chapter 29 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Challenging Scenarios in Pelvic Floor and Proctology: The battle against a giant recurrent presacral tumour (ESCP Meeting 2024) video Trainee Video Session: Retrorectal tumours (ESCP Meeting 2019) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Challenging Scenarios in Pelvic Floor and Proctology: Presacral tumours (2024) video Core Subject Update: Retrorectal tumours (2022) video Trainee Video Session: Retrorectal tumours (2019) video Unusual Anorectal Pathologies: Surgical investigation and management of pre-sacral pathology (2017) Guideline Algorithms for the surgical management of retrorectal tumours (Europe 2007) Suggested reading and educational material Laparoscopic resection of presacral tumour - a video vignette (2024) Robotic removal of a presacral cyst (2024) Bleeding control at the internal iliac vein tributary during laparoscopic resection of presacral schwannoma - a video vignette (2023) Laparoscopic-assisted posterior–anterior approach for giant sacral schwannoma - a video vignette (2023) Resection of a large sacrococcygeal mass by combining transabdominal and trans-sacrococcygeal approaches - a video vignette (2023) Laparoscopic approach for giant pelvic aggressive angiomyxoma - a video vignette (2023) Long-term surgical outcomes after resection of presacral tumours and risk factors associated with recurrence (2022) Evolution of the management of retrorectal masses: a retrospective cohort study (2022) Laparoscopic approach for treatment of a retrorectal tumour - a video vignette (2022) Robotic abdominal resection of tailgut cysts - a technical note with step-by-step description (2022) Risk of malignancy and outcomes of surgically resected presacral tailgut cysts: a current review of the Mayo Clinic experience (2022) More suggested reading on retrorectal tumours> 30: Stomas and stomatherapy Chapter 30: Stomas and stomatherapy document View Chapter 30 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Prevention and Management of Complications: The wrong way around stoma (2022) video Standardised Trainee Video: Continent Kock pouch (ESCP meeting 2020) video Ileal pouch options: Kock pouch construction and complication management (ESCP meeting 2019) video Trainee Video Session: The perfect stoma - how to avoid parastomal hernia (ESCP meeting 2018) video Trainee Video Session: Stoma: do's and don'ts (ESCP meeting 2016) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video The modern colorectal surgeon: Positive healthcare effects of a novel digital leakage notification system for ostomy care to patient QOL and disease burden (2023) video Enterostomy (2021) video Defunctioning stoma - old problems, new solutions (2016) video Core Subject Update: Stoma complications (2015) Guidelines WOCN Guideline for Management of the Adult Patient with a Fecal or Urinary Ostomy (USA 2018) EHS Guidelines on Prevention and Treatment of Parastomal Hernias (Europe 2017) ASCRS Guidelines for Ostomy Surgery (USA 2015) Suggested reading and educational material Impact of diverting ileostomy on functional outcome and quality of life after restorative proctocolectomy and ileal pouch anal anastomosis (2024) TAilored SToma policY after TME for rectal cancer: The TASTY approach (2024) Step-by-step robotic parastomal hernia repair with retromuscular mesh (Pauli technique): a video vignette (2024) Robotic Endoscopic Preperitoneal Paraostomal Hernia Repair (ePauli) for treatment of paraostomal hernia: Surgical technique - a video vignette (2024) Robotic retromuscular repair of type II parastomal hernia with a totally extraperitoneal technique - a video vignette (2024) Defunctioning loop ileostomies - making better decisions (2024) Linear stapler refashioning technique for irreducible stomal prolapse - a video vignette (2024) Long-term restoration of bowel continuity after rectal cancer resection and the influence of surgical technique: a nationwide cross-sectional study (2024) More suggested reading on stomas and stomatherapy> 31: Endoscopy: diagnostics, therapeutics, surveillance, new techniques Chapter 31: Endoscopy: Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Surveillance, New Techniques document View Chapter 31 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic Videos on the surgical procedures and techniques for this topic will be added soon Selected meeting presentation on this topic video Use of 4K 3D surgical exoscope during transanal transection and single stapled anastomosis: a novel approach for transanal surgery (2024) Guidelines BSG Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding (UK 2019) ESCP Consensus on Follow‐up After Treatment with Curative Intent of Nonmetastatic Colorectal Cancer (Europe 2018) ESGE Guideline for Self-expandable Metal Stents for Obstructing Colonic and Extracolonic Cancer (Europe 2014) Suggested reading and educational material Factors associated with negative colonoscopy in participants with a positive faecal immunochemical test from the Danish Colorectal Cancer Screening Program - a population-based study (2024) Safety and feasibility of colonoscopy in nonagenarians: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression analysis (2024) Endoscopic repair of ileorectal anastomotic sinus - a video vignette (2024) Protocol for a national, multicentre study of post-endoscopy colorectal and upper gastrointestinal cancers: The POET study (2024) Endoscopic-assisted sigmoidopexy: a video vignette (2024) Precision endoscopic submucosal dissection in the appendix: Navigating complex lesions with high-grade dysplasia - a video vignette (2024) Colonoscopic-assisted laparoscopic wedge resection versus segmental colon resection for benign colonic polyps: a comparative cost analysis (2023) Associations between patient factors and successful colon capsule endoscopy - a prospective cohort study (2023) Study of capsule endoscopy delivery at scale through enhanced artificial intelligence-enabled analysis (the CESCAIL study) (2023) More suggested reading on endoscopy> 32: Anal and rectal trauma Chapter 32: Anal and rectal trauma document View Chapter 32 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic Videos on the surgical procedures and techniques for this topic will be added soon Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Core Subject Update: Obstetric injury (2024) video Core Subject Update: Pelvic trauma - how to deal with the difficult situations (2024) video Emergency Proctology: The role of the gracilis muscle in perineal reconstruction (2024) video Emergency Proctology: Obstetric anal sphincter injury (2024) video Emergency Proctology: Penetrating anorectal trauma (2024) video Emergency Colorectal Surgery: Colon trauma - how to tackle it? (2024) video Emergency colorectal surgery: Traumatic sphincter injury: repair now or later (2023) video State-of-the-Art for Management of Syndromes of Disordered Defaecation: Obstetric injury and incontinence (2022) video Faecal Incontinence: Traumatic sphincter injury: repair now or later (2020) video Interactive Trainee Workshop: Colorectal trauma (2016) Guidelines Review of Guidelines on Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries at Vaginal Delivery (International 2018) Review of the Management of Penetrating Rectal and Anal Trauma (International 2017) WSES Guidelines on Pelvic trauma (International 2017) Suggested reading and educational material Irritable bowel syndrome worsens faecal incontinence after primary repair of major obstetric anal sphincter injuries (2024) The monkey chased the weasel: is it irritable bowel syndrome or faecal incontinence we find following obstetric anal sphincter injuries? (2024) Transanal minimally invasive surgery approach for rectal impalement trauma with combined rectal and bladder perforation - a video vignette (2024) UK survey of colorectal surgeons on the management of acute obstetric anal sphincter injuries (2023) A systematic review and a meta-analysis on the incidence of obstetric anal sphincter injuries during vaginal delivery (2023) Overlapping sphincteroplasty and perineal repair of an obstetric ano-vaginal cloaca - a video vignette (2023) Incidence and risk factors for secondary failure after acute obstetric sphincter injury repair - an audit of 239 women (2022) Ano-rectovaginal fistula after obstetrical anal sphincter injury: diverting stoma does not improve the surgical results (2022) How to do it: delayed sphincteroplasty for obstetric anal sphincter injury (2022) Ano-rectovaginal fistula after obstetrical anal sphincter injury: diverting stoma does not improve the surgical results (2022) More suggested reading on anal and rectal trauma> 33: Colonic and rectal obstruction Chapter 33: Colonic and rectal obstruction document View Chapter 33 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Sigmoid volvulus (ESCP Meeting 2024) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Colon MDT Session: MDT 3 - Obstructive colon cancer (2024) video Emergency Colorectal Surgery: Intestinal obstruction in patients with cancer: to operate or not? (2024) video Emergency Colorectal Surgery: Emergency colorectal surgery in low income settings (2024) video Innovations in Colon Cancer Treatment: Risk of bowel obstruction in patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy for high-risk colon cancer: a nested case-control matched analysis of an international, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial (FOXTROT) (2024) video Emergency colorectal surgery: Volvulus: cecal and sigmoid: when should we refer patient to gastroenterologist and when do we operate? (2023) video Emergency Colorectal Surgery: Small bowel obstruction (2022) video Core Subject Update: Large bowel obstruction (2019) video Core Subject Update: Volvulus (2018) video Trainee Round Table Session: Large bowel obstruction (2017) Guidelines WSES Guidelines on Colon and Rectal Cancer Emergencies: Obstruction and Perforation (International 2017) ASCRS Guidelines for Colon Volvulus and Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction (USA 2016) Suggested reading and educational material Laparoscopic sigmoidectomy for sigmoid volvulus with natural orifice transrectal extraction (puppet-string technique for anvil insertion) - a video vignette (2024) Incidence of adhesive small bowel obstruction after surgery for colorectal cancer in Sweden 2007-2016 (2023) Development and validation of multivariable predictive models for recurrence and mortality following nonoperative management of sigmoid volvulus (2023) Delayed tumour resection after self-expanding metallic stent placement for obstructing colon cancer - a video vignette (2023) Endoscopic ultrasound-guided colo-colostomy for the treatment of benign complete occlusion of colonic anastomosis: a case series and description of technique (2023) Short- and long-term outcomes following bridge to surgery and emergency resection in acute malignant large bowel obstruction (2022) A core outcome set for clinical studies of adhesive small bowel obstruction (2022) Laparoscopic management of small bowel obstruction after abdominoperineal resection and a unique method to prevent it - a video vignette (2022) A core outcome set for clinical studies of adhesive small bowel obstruction (2022) More suggested reading on colonic and rectal obstruction> 34: Lower gastrointestinal bleeding: diagnosis and management Chapter 34: Lower gastrointestinal bleeding: diagnosis and management document View Chapter 34 Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Emergency Colorectal Surgery: Emergency colorectal surgery in low income settings (2024) video SOS acute mesenteric ischaemia: creation of a dedicated stroke to mesenteric ischaemia and prognosis impact (2024) video Emergency colorectal surgery: Lower GI bleeding (2023) video Core Subject Update: Management of acute lower GI bleeding (2018) video Interactive Trainee Workshop: Rectal bleeding (2015) Guidelines JGA Guidelines for Colonic Diverticular Bleeding and Colonic Diverticulitis (Japan 2019) ACG Guideline: Management of Patients with Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding (USA 2016) Suggested reading and educational material Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding: are STRATE and BLEED scores valid in clinical practice? (2019) A rectal bleeding algorithm can successfully reduce emergency admissions (2014) Risk factors for early re-bleeding and associated hospitalization in patients with colonic diverticular bleeding (2013) The prevalence of right-sided colonic diverticulosis and diverticular haemorrhage (2013) 35: Chronic pelvic and perineal pain Chapter 35: Chronic pelvic and perineal pain document View Chapter 35 Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Challenging Scenarios in Pelvic Floor and Proctology: Patient with chronic anal/pelvic pain (2024) video Anodyspareunia: a challenge for modern proctology (2023) video Chronic Anal Pain: Diagnosis not Dispair (2021) video Simple solutions for challenging perineal problems: How to deal with chronic pain, anal stenosis, and recurrent symptoms post-haemorrhoidectomy (2019) video Common problems in proctology: Idiopathic anal pain (2015) Guidelines Consensus on Chronic Pelvic and Perineal Pain (International 2018) Chronic Perineal Pain: Pathophysiological Aspects, Diagnostic Approaches and Treatment (Europe 2011) Suggested reading and educational material Neuromodulation for the management of chronic pelvic pain syndromes: a systematic review (2023) Ninety-day morbidity of robot-assisted redo surgery for recurrent rectal prolapse, mesh erosion and pelvic pain: lessons learned from 9 years’ experience in a tertiary referral centre (2021) Chronic pelvic pain and rectal prolapse invite consideration of enterocele (2019) Sacral nerve modulation in the treatment of chronic pain after pelvic surgery (2012) What causes chronic idiopathic perineal pain? (2011) Long-term outcome of the use of botulinum toxin injection for functional anal pain (2011) 36: Perioperative management Chapter 36: Perioperative Management document View Chapter 36 Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Challenging Scenarios in Pelvic Floor and Proctology: Evidence of perioperative optimisation in proctology (2024) video Cohorts and Audits: WOLVERINE (Wound closure and surgical site infection prevention strategies in abdominal surgery) (2024) video Cohorts and Audits: Perioperative optimisation in elective IBD surgery (PREP-IBD) (2024) video Controversies in Colorectal Cancer Surgery: Support tools for cancer patients (2024) video Core Subject Update: Enhanced recovery after surgery (2024) video Elective colorectal surgery system strengthening: measurement of the surgical preparedness index across 332 hospitals in 72 countries (2024) video Gastrointestinal stimulation as a treatment of postoperative ileus following cytoreductive surgery (STIMULATE): a clinical feasibility study (2024) More presentations on perioperative management> Guidelines UEG/ESCP/EAES/ESPCG/ESPEN/ESNM/ESSO Guideline for the assessment and management of gastrointestinal symptoms following colorectal surgery (Europe 2024): Part I: Sequelae to oncological diseasesPart II: Good practice guidance: sequelae to benign diseases EAES, SAGES, and ESCP Rapid guideline: Bowel preparation for minimally invasive colorectal resection (Europe 2023) ASCRS Guidelines for the Use of Bowel Preparation in Elective Colon and Rectal Surgery (USA 2019) ERAS Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Elective Colorectal Surgery (International 2018) ASCRS Guideline for the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolic Disease in Colorectal Surgery (USA 2018) Suggested reading and educational material Clinical Frailty Scale predicts overall survival after colon cancer surgery in people aged 80 years and older: a prospective multicentre observational study (2025) The impact of body mass index on colorectal surgery: a short-term outcome and cost analysis in an Asian cohort of 3169 patients (2025) Head-down tilt lithotomy position and well-leg compartment syndrome: an international survey of current practice (2025) Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) as a predictor of survival and complications among colorectal cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2025) Does socioeconomic status influence the choice of surgical technique in abdominal rectal cancer surgery? (2025) Enhancing the clinical relevance of prehabilitation research in colorectal surgery (2025) The use of preoperative enteral immunonutrition in patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2025) More suggested reading on periop management> 37: Intestinal failure Chapter 37: Intestinal failure document View Chapter 37 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic Videos on the surgical procedures and techniques for this topic will be added soon Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Core Subject Update: Entercutaneous fistula (2022) video My Most Challenging Case: Enterocutaneous fistula in Crohn's disease - trainee (2021) video My Most Challenging Case: Enterocutaneous fistula in Crohn's disease - expert (2021) video Surgical Management of Intestinal Failure (2016) Guidelines ESCP Consensus on the Surgical Management of Intestinal Failure in Adults (Europe 2016) Suggested reading and educational material GORE BIO - a mesh in parastomal hernia prevention: IDEAL Stage 2a with case series (2025) Laparoscopic Sugarbaker repair for parastomal hernia - a video vignette (2025) Robotic Endoscopic Preperitoneal Paraostomal Hernia Repair (ePauli) for treatment of paraostomal hernia: Surgical technique - a video vignette (2024) Step-by-step robotic parastomal hernia repair with retromuscular mesh (Pauli technique): A video vignette (2024) Development of a core descriptor set for parastomal hernia repair (2024) A population-based study of incidence, aetiology, treatment and outcome of enterocutaneous fistula (2024) Standardized documentation and synoptic reporting of complex intestinal anatomy in enteric fistulation and intestinal failure (2021) How to isolate an enteroatmospheric fistula in the open abdomen – a video vignette (2021) Incisional hernia and enterocutaneous fistula in patients with chronic intestinal failure: prevalence and risk factors in a cohort of patients referred to a tertiary centre (2019) 38: Abdominal wall reconstruction Chapter 38: Abdominal wall reconstruction document View Chapter 38 Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic video Coloproctology surgical video: Robotic parastomal hernia repair with modified sugarbaker technique (ESCP meeting 2023) video Trainee Video Session: Abdominal wall treatment (ESCP meeting 2016) video Trainees Video Session: Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair (ESCP meeting 2015) Selected meeting presentations on this topic video Abdominal wall closure: Results of cohort study and plans for trial: education platform (2023) video Abdominal wall closure: Results of cohort study and plans for trial: trial (2023) video Abdominal wall closure: Results of cohort study and plans for trial: cohort study (2023) video INVERSE: Incisional hernia rates in midline vs Pfannensteil incisions after robotic colorectal surgery: a protocol for a multi-centre randomised trial (2023) video EHS-ESCP-EAES rapid guideline: parastomal hernia profylaxis (2023) video Parastomal hernia: knowledge gaps (2022) video Parastomal hernia: PROPHER (2022) More presentations on abdominal wall reconstruction> Guidelines EHS Guidelines on Prevention and Treatment of Parastomal Hernias (Europe 2018) EHS Guidelines on the Closure of Abdominal Wall Incisions (Europe 2015) Suggested reading and educational material Step-by-step robotic parastomal hernia repair with retromuscular mesh (Pauli technique): a video vignette (2024) "Happy to close?" The relationship between surgical experience and incisional hernia rates following abdominal wall closure in colorectal surgery (2023) Full endoscopic minimally invasive extraperitoneal modified Sugarbaker approach for para-colostomy hernia repair: Technical aspects and 2-year follow-up results of a prospective cohort (2023) Expanding the concept of laparoscopic intracorporeal rectus muscle aponeuroplasty (LIRA) to parastomal hernia repair - a video vignette (2023) Robotic totally extraperitoneal retromuscular repair for parastomal hernia (rPauli repair) - a video vignette (2022) The incidence of extraction site incisional hernia after minimally invasive colorectal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2022) Excision of anterior abdominal wall endometriotic nodule and reconstruction - a video vignette (2022) Radiological incidence of donor-site incisional hernia and parastomal hernia after vertical rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap-based reconstruction following colorectal surgery (2022) Addressing the empty pelvic syndrome following total pelvic exenteration: does mesh reconstruction help? (2019) Complex abdominal wall reconstruction in the setting of active infection and contamination: a systematic review of hernia and fistula recurrence rates (2017) Varia Selected meeting presentations video Cohorts and Audits: Analysis of surgical videos using computer vision (2024) video Cohorts and Audits: Head-down tilt lithotomy position and well-leg compartment syndrome (HELP-CS 2023) (2024) video T1 cancer guidelines project (2024) video Obstructed defecation syndrome guidelines project (2024) video Learning from the Experience of Others: Negotiating for what you need (2024) video ESCP Research Update (2024) video EuroSurg presentation: APOLLO - Acute Presentation of Colorectal Cancer - an international snapshot (2024) video Barriers to surgical education for LIC trainees - can we do better? (2023) video Can artifical intelligence improve risk prediction and clinical pathways? (2023) video Diversity, Equality and Inclusivity working group (2023) Various other presentations> Guidelines ESCP Guidelines on training in robotic colorectal surgery (Europe 2024) video ESCP guideline on training in robotic colorectal surgery: lessons learned (2023) COVID-19 pandemic: resuming normal colorectal services (ESCP 2020) Last update: 2 December 2025

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