5 December 2025

Below are suggested reading and educational material on perioperative management, selected for trainees. 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) Evaluation of pelvic floor rehabilitation in the prevention of low anterior resection syndrome: study protocol of the CONTICARE trial (2025) Evaluating the therapeutic quality of prehabilitation programmes in patients scheduled for colorectal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2025) Barriers faced by surgeons in identifying and managing malnutrition in emergency general surgery: a qualitative study (2024) Preoperative oral antibiotics in colorectal surgery: are we adhering to peer review, or peer pressure? (2024) Current perioperative care in patients undergoing a beyond total mesorectal excision procedure for rectal cancer: what are the differences with the colorectal enhanced recovery after surgery protocol? (2024) Implementation of music in the perioperative standard care of colorectal surgery (IMPROVE study) (2024) Effects of a perioperative educational pathway on ostomy self-care, level of independence and need for visiting nurse services: a comparative observational cohort study (2024) Surgeon factors but not hospital factors associated with length of stay after colorectal surgery - a population based study (2023) Preoperative oral antibiotic administration in patients undergoing curative resection with stoma creation for colorectal cancer: effectiveness in preventing surgical site infection and the possibility of peristomal candidiasis induced by enterobacterial alteration (2023) Intrinsic predictors of prolonged length of stay in a colorectal enhanced recovery pathway: a prospective cohort study and multivariate analysis (2019) Receiver operating characteristic analysis to determine optimal fluid management during open colorectal surgery (2019) Prolonged hospital stay and readmission rate in an enhanced recovery after surgery cohort undergoing colorectal cancer surgery (2018) Perioperative fluid infusion and its influence on anastomotic leakage after rectal cancer surgery: implications for prevention strategies (2013)

5 December 2025

Below are suggested reading and educational material on anal intraepithelial neoplasia and anal cancer, selected for trainees. 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) Anal condyloma mimicking lateral spreading tumour removed by loop-clip traction endoscopic submucosal dissection - a video vignette (2022) A technical note on the treatment of large perianal condylomata acuminata - a video vignette (2022) Long-term bowel function patient-reported outcomes after successful chemoradiation for carcinoma of the anal canal (2021) Metformin use and the risk of anal intraepithelial neoplasia in type II diabetic patients (>2021) Perineal healing following salvage surgery for anal cancer (2020) Exophytic condyloma: are they as benign as we think? (2020) Systematic review of outcome measures following chemoradiotherapy for the treatment of anal cancer (CORMAC) (2018) Determinants of macroscopic anal cancer and precancerous lesions in 1206 HIV-infected screened patients (2016) The rising incidence of anal cancer in England 1990-2010: a population-based study (2014)

5 December 2025

Below are suggested reading and educational material on benign tumours, selected for trainees. 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) Nano-carbon guided robotic local resection for colonic laterally spreading tumour - a video vignette (2023) Robotic posterior pelvic exenteration for a huge rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumour - a video vignette (2023) Management of rectal neuroendocrine tumours by transanal endoscopic microsurgery (2023) The protective role of phosphodiesterase inhibitors in preventing colorectal cancer and advanced colorectal polyps: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2023) Regular endoscopic surveillance and polypectomy is effective in managing rectal adenoma progression following colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (2021) Long-term outcomes of open versus closed rectal defect after transanal endoscopic microscopic surgery (2021) Linked colour imaging versus white-light colonoscopy for the detection of flat colorectal lesions: a randomized controlled trial (2021) Combined surgical approach for retrorectal tumours with intra-operative CT guidance: sacral chordoma - a video vignette (2020) Hormone replacement therapies, oral contraceptives, reproductive factors and colorectal adenoma risk: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of observational studies (2019) Clinicopathological features of colorectal polyps: evaluation of the 'predict, resect and discard' strategies (2013)

5 December 2025

Below are suggested reading and educational material on endometriosis, selected for trainees. 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) Discoid resection for colorectal endometriosis: results from a prospective cohort from two French tertiary referral centres (2019) Transanal minimally invasive rectal resection for deep endometriosis: a promising technique (2017) Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation in patients with endometriosis (2011) The early outcome of laparoscopic sigmoid and rectal resection for endometriosis (2010)

27 April 2025

Below are suggested reading and educational material on retrorectal tumours, selected for trainees. 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) Combined surgical approach for large sacral chordoma resection with pelvic floor reconstruction - a video vignette (2021) Combined surgical approach for retrorectal tumours with intra-operative CT guidance: sacral chordoma - a video vignette (2021) Malignant transformation of tailgut cysts is significantly higher than previously reported: systematic review of cases in the literature (2019) Management approach and surgical strategies for retrorectal tumours: a systematic review (2016) Management of tailgut cysts in a tertiary referral centre: a 10-year experience (2015) Laparoscopic excision of retrorectal tumours (2014) Surgical resection of retrorectal tumours in adults: long-term results in 47 patients (2013)