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1: History of the Division of Coloproctology

- Chapter 1: History of the Division of Coloproctology
2: Anatomy of the Colon, Rectum, Anus, and Pelvic Floor

- Chapter 2: Anatomy of the Colon, Rectum, Anus, and Pelvic Floor
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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
- Selected meeting presentation on this topic
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Core Subject Update: Haemorrhoids (2019)
- video Back to the future: novel treatments for haemorrhoids or the same old stuff? (2018)
- video Trainee Video Session: Fergusson for haemorrhoidal disease (2017)
- video Core Subject Update: Haemorrhoidal disease (2016)
- video Trainee Round Table Session: Haemorrhoidal disease (2016)
- Guidelines
- ASCRS guidelines for haemorrhoidal disease (USA 2018)
- ESCP guidelines for haemorrhoidal disease (Europe)
- ESCP core outcome set for haemorrhoidal disease (Europe 2019)
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Surgical management of haemorrhoids: an Italian survey of over 32 000 patients over 17 years (2018)
- Short- and long-term outcomes of laser haemorrhoidoplasty for grade II-III haemorrhoidal disease (2019)
- European Society of Coloproctology Core Outcome Set for haemorrhoidal disease: an international Delphi study among healthcare professionals (2019)
- Psychometric properties of a questionnaire (HEMO-FISS-QoL) to evaluate the burden associated with haemorrhoidal disease and anal fissures (2019)
5: Anal Fissure

- Chapter 5: Anal Fissure
- Selected meeting presentation on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Choose change! Rethinking treatment of complex perianal fistulas in Crohn's disease (2019)
- video Core Subject Update: Cryptoglandular perianal fistulas (2019)
- video Simple solutions for challenging perineal problems: The optimal approach to a high fistula-in-ano (2019)
- video Simple solutions for challenging perineal problems: Multidisciplinary management of complex Crohn’s fistula-in-ano (2019)
- video Interactive Trainee Workshop: Perianal Crohn's (2019)
- More presentations on Anorectal Abscess and Fistula
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Correspondence: Anovaginal fistula repair with sphincteroplasty and levatorplasty - a video vignette (2019)
- Correspondence: An ‘easy’ method to understand perianal sepsis - a video vignette (2019)
- Correspondence: Video‐assisted anal fistula treatment (VAAFT) assisted seton placement - a video vignette (2019)
- Use of the Martius advancement flap for low rectovaginal fistulas (2019)
- Operative results, sexual function and quality of life after gracilis muscle transposition in complex rectovaginal fistulas (2020)
- Anal fistula plug vs rectal advancement flap for the treatment of complex cryptoglandular anal fistulas: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies with long-term follow-up (2019)
- Advancement flap procedure in Crohn and non-Crohn perineal fistulas: a simple surgical approach (2019)
- Operative results, sexual function and quality of life after gracilis muscletransposition in complex rectovaginal fistulas (2019)
7: Perianal Skin Conditions

- Chapter 7: Perianal Skin Conditions
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Systematic review of guidelines for the assessment and management of high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN II/III) (2016)
- Outcome of surgery for recurrent anal cancer: results from a tertiary referral centre (2018)
- Clinicopathological and virological characteristics of superficially invasive squamous-cell carcinoma of the anus (2015)
- Detection of anal dysplasia is enhanced by narrow band imaging and acetic acid (2016)
8: Pilonidal Disease

- Chapter 8: Pilonidal Disease
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment: a prospective multicentre trial (2016)
- A new minimally invasive treatment of pilonidal sinus disease with the use of a diode laser: a prospective large series of patients (2018)
- Modification of the Bascom cleft lift procedure for chronic pilonidal sinus: results in 141 patients (2013)
- Investigation of the relationship between serum hormones and pilonidal sinus disease: a cross-sectional study (2014)
9: Fecal Incontinence

- Chapter 9: Fecal Incontinence
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Toward precision diagnosis and precision treatment: Surgical management of faecal incontinence: ICI guidance (2019)
- video Faecal Incontinence: Practical faecal incontinence assessment (2018)
- video Faecal Incontinence: Treatment algorithms (2018)
- video Faecal Incontinence: Patient-centred outcome measures (2018)
- More presentations on Fecal Incontinence
- Guidelines
- ASCRS guideline for the treatment of fecal incontinence (USA 2015)
- ICS best practice for use of sacral neuromodulation (International 2018)
- Consultation on incontinence (International 2018)
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Sacral nerve modulation for faecal incontinence: influence of age on outcomes and complications. A multicentre study (2019)
- Evaluation of anatomical and functional results of overlapping anal sphincter repair with or without the injection of bone marrow aspirate concentrate: a case-control study (2019)
- Sacral neuromodulation for the treatment of faecal incontinence following proctectomy (2017)
- A review of sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence following rectal surgery and radiotherapy (2015)
- Sacral nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence and constipation: a European consensus statement (2015)
- A systematic review of sacral nerve stimulation for low anterior resection syndrome (2015)
10: Constipation

- Chapter 10: Constipation
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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)
- Long-term outcome of intractable constipation treated by sacral neuromodulation: a comparison between children and adults (2018)
11: Defecation Disorders

- Chapter 11: Defecation Disorders
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Management of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Sexuality after APE in women (2017)
- video Management of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: Image-guided treatment of functional pelvic floor disorders (2017)
- video Management of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: MDT approach in pelvic floor disorders (2017)
- video Vaginal partus and risk for pelvic floor disorders (2017)
- video Neuropelveology: New Ground-Breaking Discipline in Medicine (2016)
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Sacral nerve stimulation for bowel dysfunction following low anterior resection: a systematic review and meta‐analysis (2019)
- Comparison of dynamic magnetic resonance defaecography with rectal contrast and conventional defaecography for posterior pelvic floor compartment prolapse (2017)
- MRI defaecography in patients with faecal incontinence (2015)
- Adverse obstetric history is not a risk factor for poor outcome after ventral rectopexy for obstructive defaecation syndrome (2018)
12: Rectal Prolapse, Intussusception, Solitary Rectal Ulcer

- Chapter 12: Rectal Prolapse, Intussusception, Solitary Rectal Ulcer
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Interactive Trainee Workshop: Rectal prolapse (2019)
- video Trainee Video Session: Rectal prolapse: Delormes (2019)
- video Trainee Video Session: Rectal prolapse: Altemeier (2019)
- video Trainee Video Session: Rectal prolapse: lap ventral mesh rectopexy (2019)
- More presentations on Rectal Prolapse, Intussusception, Solitary Rectal Ulcer
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- How should we manage complete rectal prolapse in men? (2019)
- Abdominal rectopexy for the treatment of internal rectal prolapse: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
- Laparoscopic ventral rectopexy for rectal prolapse and rectal intussusception using a biological mesh (2017)
- The effect of abdominal ventral rectopexy on faecal incontinence and constipation in patients with internal intra-anal rectal intussusception (2011)
- Laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy in the management of solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: a cause for optimism? (2013)
- Laparoscopic ventral rectopexy is effective for solitary rectal ulcer syndrome when associated with rectal prolapse (2014)
- Modified Gant–Miwa–Thiersch procedure (mucosal plication with anal encircling) for rectal prolapse (2019)
13: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

- Chapter 13: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Selected meeting presentation on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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)
- Effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation on rectal sensitivity in irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized, placebo‐controlled pilot study (2013)
- Effect of cholecystokinin on rectal motor and sensory function in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and healthy controls (2013)
- Microencapsulated sodium butyrate reduces the frequency of abdominal pain in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (2012)
- Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation in patients with endometriosis (2011)
14: Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Ulcerative Colitis

- Chapter 14: Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Ulcerative Colitis
- Selected meeting presentations on
- video Ileal pouch options: Pouch designs - time for re-evaluation? (2019)
- video Ileal pouch options: Ileal pouch rescue and reconstruction (2019)
- video Time to change how we operate for ulcerative colitis? (2019)
- video Quality of life in ulcerative colitis. What is the best? Surgery or medical therapy? (2019)
- More presentations on Ulcerative Colitis
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Management of pouch‐vaginal fistulas - experience from our institution (2019)
- Patient decision-making in severe inflammatory bowel disease: the need for improved communication of treatment options and preferences (2019)
- Morbidity related to diverting ileostomy after restorative proctocolectomy in patients with ulcerative colitis (2019)
- The extent of inflammation is a predictor for pouch-related complications in ileal pouches in patients with ulcerative or indeterminate colitis (2014)
15: Crohn's Disease

- Chapter 15: Crohn's Disease
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Choose change! Rethinking treatment of complex perianal fistulas in Crohn's disease (2019)
- video Crohn’s proctocolitis management strategies (2019)
- video Promising stem cell therapy for inflammatory bowel disease (2019)
- video Trainee Video Session: Ileocolic handsewn anastomosis (2019)
- More presentations on Crohn's disease
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland consensus exercise on surgical management of fistulating perianal Crohn's disease (2018)
- Changing trends in surgery for abdominal Crohn's disease (2019)
- Advancement flap procedure in Crohn and non-Crohn perineal fistulas: a simple surgical approach (2019)
- Risk factors for unfavourable postoperative outcome in patients with Crohn's disease undergoing right hemicolectomy or ileocaecal resection An international audit by ESCP and S-ECCO (2017)
16: Indeterminate Colitis

- Chapter 16: Indeterminate Colitis
- Guidelines
- 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
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Trainee Round Table Session: Acute diverticulitis (2019)
- video Interactive Trainee Workshop: Diverticulitis - Case 1 (2018)
- video Interactive Trainee Workshop: Diverticulitis - Case 2 (2018)
- video Core Subject Update: Management of acute diverticulitis (2017)
- More presentations on Diverticular Disease
- Guidelines
- ESCP: Guidelines for the management of diverticular disease of the colon (Europe 2020)
- ASCRS Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of left-sided colonic diverticulitis (2020)
- Systematic review of international guidelines on diverticular disease (International 2018)
- ASCP position statement on complicated diverticular disease (Spain 2017)
- JGA guidelines for colonic diverticular bleeding and diverticulitis (Japan 2019)
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Antibiotics versus no antibiotics in the treatment of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis - a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
- Sigmoid resection for diverticular disease - to ligate or to preserve the inferior mesenteric artery? Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
- Effect of mesalazine on recurrence of diverticulitis in patients with symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials (2018)
- Are there differences in outcome after elective sigmoidectomy for diverticular disease and for cancer? A national inpatient study (2017)
18: Other Colitides

- Chapter 18: Other Colitides
- Selected meeting presentation on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- The outcome of surgery in fulminant Clostridium difficile colitis (2006)
- Risk factors for severity and relapse of pseudomembranous colitis in an elderly population (2007)
- 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)
19: Medical Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

- Chapter 19: Medical Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Selected meeting presentations on
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Is abdominal CT useful for the management of patients with severe acute colitis complicating inflammatory bowel disease? A study in 54 consecutive patients (2017)
- Patients with perianal Crohn's fistulas experience delays in accessing anti-TNF therapy due to slow recognition, diagnosis and integration of specialist services: lessons learned from three referral centres (2018)
- Treatment of perianal fistula in Crohn's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing seton drainage and anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment (2016)
- Adalimumab and postoperative complications of elective intestinal resections in Crohn's disease: a propensity score case-matched study (2017)
20: Endometriosis

- Chapter 20: Endometriosis
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- 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
- Transanal minimally invasive rectal resection for deep endometriosis: a promising technique (2017)
- Discoid resection for colorectal endometriosis: results from a prospective cohort from two French tertiary referral centres (2019)
- Irritable bowel syndrome and chronic constipation in patients with endometriosis (2011)
- The early outcome of laparoscopic sigmoid and rectal resection for endometriosis (2010)
21: Appendicitis

- Chapter 21: Appendicitis
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Diagnosing acute appendicitis: surgery or imaging? (2016)
- Acute appendicitis can be treated with single-incision laparoscopy: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (2015)
- Appendicitis in pregnancy: an ongoing diagnostic dilemma (2009)
- Patient and surgeon factors are associated with the use of laparoscopy in appendicitis (2012)
22: Benign Tumours

- Chapter 22: Benign Tumours
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
23: Principles of Tumour Classification

- Chapter 23: Principles of Tumour Classification
- Guidelines
- UICC TNM Classification of Malignant Tumors 7th Edition - PDF (International 2009)
- AJCC Cancer Staging Manual 7th Edition - PDF (USA 2010)
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Development and validation of a novel prognostic score to predict survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: the metastatic colorectal cancer score (mCCS) (2019)
- Colon cancer with unresectable synchronous metastases: the AAAP scoring system for predicting the outcome after primary tumour resection (2016)
- Prognostic value of tumour regression grade in locally advanced rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
- Clinicopathological differences between familial colorectal cancer type X and sporadic cancer in an isolated area of Spain (2016)
24: Genetics

- Chapter 24: Genetics
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Core Subject Update: Genetics in colorectal cancer (2019)
- video Oligopolyposis, attenuated polyposis and new polyposis syndromes (2019)
- video PMS2 and Lynch syndrome and individual risks redefined (2019)
- video Immunotherapy for sporadic and hereditary colorectal cancer (2019)
- More presentations on Genetics
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Translating colorectal cancer genetics into clinically useful biomarkers (2016)
- 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)
25: Colon Cancer

- Chapter 25: Colon Cancer
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Robotic left colectomy with complete mesocolic excision and intracorporeal side-to-side anastomosis for splenic flexure cancer with da Vinci Xi robotic platform (2019)
- video Robotic right colectomy with complete mesocolic excision and intracorporeal anastomosis - Bottom up suprapubic approach (2019)
- video Lap CME - technique and pitfalls (2019)
- video Trainee Video Session: Ileocolic handsewn anastomosis (2019)
- More presentations on Colon Cancer
- Guidelines
- Synopsis of Guidelines on Follow-up after Treatment of Nonmetastatic Colorectal Cancer (Europe 2019)
- 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)
- Comparison of Western and Asian Guidelines Concerning the Management of Colon Cancer (International 2018)
- ESMO Guidelines for Early Colon Cancer (Europe 2013)
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Accuracy of CT colonography in the preoperative staging of colon cancer: a prospective study of 217 patients (2019)
- Better survival for patients with colon cancer operated on by specialized colorectal surgeons - a nationwide population‐based study in Sweden 2007-2010 (2019)
- Safety, quality and effect of complete mesocolic excision vs non-complete mesocolic excision in patients with colon cancer: a systemic review and meta-analysis (2017)
- Timing of adjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer (2016)
26: Rectal Cancer

- Chapter 26: Rectal Cancer
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Increasing incidence of rectal cancer in the young - aetiology, screening and management controversies (2019)
- video Management of malignant rectal polyp and early rectal cancer (2019)
- video Core Subject Update: Surgical decision making in rectal cancer (2019)
- video Strategies for managing locally advanced colonic cancer: Staging challenges (2019)
- More presentations on Rectal Cancer
- Guidelines
- ESMO Guidelines for Management of Patients with Colon and Rectal Cancer (Europe 2012)
- NCCN Guideline: Rectal Cancer (UK 2018)
- 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)
- Suggested reading and educational material
- SPECC: Significant polyps and early colorectal cancers (2019)
- Minimally invasive approaches to the management of anastomotic leakage following restorative rectal cancer resection (2019)
- Is sarcopenia a better predictor of complications than body mass index? Sarcopenia and surgical outcomes in patients with rectal cancer (2019)
- Female sexual problems after treatment for colorectal cancer - a population‐based study (2019)
- The 'multilayer' theory of Denonvilliers' fascia: anatomical dissection of cadavers with the aim to improve neurovascular bundle preservation during rectal mobilization (2019)
- Prognostic value of tumour regression grade in locally advanced rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
- Rectal Surgery Evaluation Trial: protocol for a parallel cohort trial of outcomes using surgical techniques for total mesorectal excision with low anterior resection in high‐risk rectal cancer patients (2019)
27: Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Anal Cancer

- Chapter 27: Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Anal Cancer
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- 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 Trainee Video Session: High resolution anuscopy (HRA) (2019)
- video Core Subject Update: AIN (2016)
- More presentations on Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Anal Cancer
- Guidelines
- ASCRS Guidelines for Anal Squamous Cell Cancers (USA 2018)
- NCCN Guideline: Anal Carcinoma (UK 2018)
- ESMO/ESSO/ESTRO Guidelines for Anal Cancer (Europe 2014)
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Outcome of surgery for recurrent anal cancer: results from a tertiary referral centre (2018)
- The rising incidence of anal cancer in England 1990-2010: a population-based study (2014)
- Determinants of macroscopic anal cancer and precancerous lesions in 1206 HIV-infected screened patients (2016)
- Systematic review of outcome measures following chemoradiotherapy for the treatment of anal cancer (CORMAC) (2018)
- Systematic review of guidelines for the assessment and management of high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN II/III) (2016)
28: Peritoneal Malignancies and Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases

- Chapter 28: Peritoneal Malignancies and Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Laparoscopic right colectomy associated with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy as treatment for mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix - a video vignette (2019)
- Patients with extensive regional lymph node involvement (pN2) following potentially curative surgery for colorectal cancer are at increased risk for developing peritoneal metastases: a retrospective single-institution study (2019)
- Impact of ovarian metastases on survival in patients treated with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal malignancy originating from appendiceal and colorectal cancer (2018)
- The results of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in 1200 patients with peritoneal malignancy (2015)
29: Retrorectal Tumours

- Chapter 29: Retrorectal Tumours
- Selected meeting presentation on this topic
- Guideline
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Management approach and surgical strategies for retrorectal tumours: a systematic review (2016)
- Malignant transformation of tailgut cysts is significantly higher than previously reported: systematic review of cases in the literature (2019)
- Surgical resection of retrorectal tumours in adults: long-term results in 47 patients (2013)
- Progress in the management of retrorectal tumours (2016)
- Laparoscopic excision of retrorectal tumours (2014)
- Management of tailgut cysts in a tertiary referral centre: a 10-year experience (2015)
30: Stomas and Stomatherapy

- Chapter 30: Stomas and Stomatherapy
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Ileal pouch options: Kock pouch construction and complication management (2019)
- video Trainee Video Session: The perfect stoma - how to avoid parastomal hernia (2018)
- video Defunctioning stoma - old problems, new solutions (2016)
- video Trainee Video Session: Stoma: do's and don'ts (2016)
- video Core Subject Update: Stoma complications (2015)
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Outcomes following stoma formation in patients with spinal cord injury (2019)
- Prevention of parastomal hernia after abdominoperineal excision with a prophylactic three‐dimensional funnel mesh (2019)
- Incidence, risk factors and prevention of stoma site incisional hernias: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
- High stoma prevalence and stoma reversal complications following anterior resection for rectal cancer: a population-based multicentre study (2017)
- Determinants of stoma reversal in rectal cancer patients who had an anterior resection between 2009 and 2012 in the English National Health Service (2016)
- Stoma complications: a literature overview (2010)
31: Endoscopy: Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Surveillance, New Techniques

- Chapter 31: Endoscopy: Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Surveillance, New Techniques
- Guidelines
- ESGE Guideline for Self-expandable Metal Stents for Obstructing Colonic and Extracolonic Cancer (Europe 2014)
- 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)
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Risk of metachronous colorectal cancer following colectomy in Lynch syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
- Low rate of advanced adenoma formation during a 5-year colonoscopy surveillance period after adequate polypectomy of non-advanced adenoma (2016)
- Colorectal surveillance after segmental resection for young-onset colorectal cancer: is there evidence for extended resection? (2017)
32: Anal and Rectal Trauma

- Chapter 32: Anal and Rectal Trauma
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- 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
- Surgical repair of traumatic cloaca: a modified technique (2019)
- Evaluation of anatomical and functional results of overlapping anal sphincter repair with or without the injection of bone marrow aspirate concentrate: a case-control study (2016)
- Indications for and outcome of primary repair compared with faecal diversion in the management of traumatic colon injury (2016)
- Long‐term function and morphology of the anal sphincters and the pelvic floor after primary repair of obstetric anal sphincter injury (2014)
- Traumatic injury to the colon and rectum in Scotland: demographics and outcome (2012)
- Anal encirclement with sphincter repair (AESR procedure) using a biological graft for anal sphincter damage involving the entire circumference (2011)
33: Colonic and Rectal Obstruction

- Chapter 33: Colonic and Rectal Obstruction
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Management of large bowel obstruction with self-expanding metal stents. A multicentre retrospective study of factors determining outcome (2014)
- Thirty-day mortality after emergency surgery for obstructing colon cancer: survey and dedicated score from the French Surgical Association (2019)
- Endoscopic decompression using a transanal drainage tube for acute obstruction of the rectum and left colon as a bridge to curative surgery (2009)
- The efficacy of treatment of patients with severe constipation or recurrent pseudo-obstruction with pyridostigmine (2010)
34: Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Diagnosis and Management

- Chapter 34: Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Diagnosis and Management
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- Guidelines
- 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
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- 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
- 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
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Prehabilitation, nutrition and optimisation for major surgery (2019)
- video Optimising pre and post operative care, improving outcome and reducing complications: Pre-operative: pre-habilitation, making patients fit for surgery (2019)
- video Optimising pre and post operative care, improving outcome and reducing complications: Myths and truths about the effects of TPN, albumine and iron suppletion in optimizing pre-operative status (2019)
- video Optimising pre and post operative care, improving outcome and reducing complications: ERAS and minimally invasive technique (2019)
- More presentations on Perioperative Management
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Intrinsic predictors of prolonged length of stay in a colorectal enhanced recovery pathway: a prospective cohort study and multivariate analysis (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)
- Receiver operating characteristic analysis to determine optimal fluid management during open colorectal surgery (2019)
37: Intestinal Failure

- Chapter 37: Intestinal Failure
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
38: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

- Chapter 38: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Trainee Round Table Session: Abdominal wall reconstruction (2019)
- video International Trials Results Forum: HART (2019)
- video International Trials Results Forum: GRECCAR 7 (2019)
- video Focus on the Abdominal Wall: Optimal closure techniques (laparotomy and laparoscopy) (2018)
- More presentations on Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Complex abdominal wall reconstruction in the setting of active infection and contamination: a systematic review of hernia and fistula recurrence rates (2017)
- Addressing the empty pelvic syndrome following total pelvic exenteration: does mesh reconstruction help? (2019)
- The role of biologic meshes in abdominal wall reconstruction (2012)
- A scientific evidence for the efficacy of biologic implants for soft tissue reconstruction (2012)
Varia
- Selected meeting presentations
- video Lymphatic drainage of the splenic flexure defined by intraoperative ICG mapping (2019)
- video SILS colectomy (2019)
- video Trainee Video Session: Recurrent perineal hernia repair (2019)
- video Trans-anal repair of perineal hernia and enterocoele following ultra low anterior resection and end colostomy formation (2019)
Last update: 6 May 2020