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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
- Selected meeting presentation on this topic
- 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
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- 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 Guidelines, guidelines and more guidelines for haemorrhoid treatment: a review to sort the wheat from the chaff (2022)
- video Sclerotherapy versus rubber band ligation in treating grade 1-2 haemorrhoids: a protocol of a multicentre, single-blind, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial (2021)
- video Ferguson hemorroidectomy and ligation anopexy (2021)
- video Haemorrhoids (2021)
- video Core Subject Update: Haemorrhoids (2019)
- video Back to the future: novel treatments for haemorrhoids or the same old stuff? (2018)
- video Core Subject Update: Haemorrhoidal disease (2016)
- video Trainee Round Table Session: Haemorrhoidal disease (2016)
- 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
- 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)
- Surgical management of haemorrhoids: an Italian survey of over 32 000 patients over 17 years (2018)
5: Anal Fissure

- Chapter 5: Anal Fissure
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- video Surgical approach to fissures (ESCP meeting 2015)
- Selected meeting presentation on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- video Virtual Operating Room: Anal fistula tract surgery (2023)
- video Trainee Video: Laser surgery for anal fistula (ESCP meeting 2022)
- video Standardised Trainee Video: Transanal advancement flap (ESCP meeting 2020)
- video Anal fistula: LIFT (ESCP meeting 2018)
- video Laparoscopic repair of rectovaginal fistula (ESCP meeting 2019)
- video Injection of freshly collected autologous adipose tissue for treatment of perianal fistula (ESCP meeting 2019)
- video Trainees Video Session: First aid toolkit for anal fistula (ESCP meeting 2015)
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Complex perianal Crohn’s fistula (2022)
- video Guideline for perianal fistula (2022)
- video Current management of ileocecal CD (2022)
- video My Most Challenging Case: Horse shoe fistula (2022)
- video Complex Proctology: Sphincter-preserving strategies for management of complex anal fistulas (2022)
- video Complex Proctology: What is the best method of rectovaginal fistula repair? (2022)
- More presentations on Anorectal Abscess and Fistula
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Marsupialization of fistulotomy wound in an intersphincteric fistula - a video vignette (2022)
- Injection of mesenchymal stem cells (darvadstrocel) into Crohn's perianal fistula - a video vignette (2022)
- Clinicopathological determinants of recurrence after surgical treatment of fistula-in-ano in a Ghanaian teaching hospital (2022)
- Rectovaginal fistula: Risk factors for failure after graciloplasty - a bicentric retrospective European study of 61 patients (2021)
- Efficacy of Permacol injection for perianal fistulas in a tertiary referral population: poor outcome in patients with complex fistulas (2021)
- Stem cell therapy for anal fistula treatment - a video vignette (2021)
- Fistulotomy plus end-to-end primary sphincteroplasty - a video vignette (2021)
- Role of MRI to confirm healing in complex high cryptoglandular anal fistulas: long-term follow-up of 151 cases (2021)
- Martius flap for rectovaginal fistula after obstetric injury - a video vignette (2021)
- The York Mason procedure for rectourethral fistula repair - a video vignette (2021)
- Is fistulotomy with immediate sphincter reconstruction (FISR) a sphincter preserving procedure for high anal fistula? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
- Fistula closure by laser - a video vignette (2021)
- Feasibility and safety of calcium alginate hydrogel sealant for the treatment of cryptoglandular fistula-in-ano: phase I/IIa clinical trial (2021)
- Rectal advancement flap for complex anal fistula - a video vignette (2021)
- Transanal opening of the intersphincteric space: a novel sphincter-sparing procedure to treat 325 high complex anal fistulas with long-term follow-up (2021)
- Combined laparoscopic and transanal minimally invasive repair for postoperative rectovaginal fistula - a video vignette (2020)
- High failure rates following ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract for transsphincteric anal fistulas: are preoperative MRI measurements of the fistula tract predictive of outcome? (2020)
- A worldwide survey on proctological practice during COVID-19 lockdown (ProctoLock 2020): a cross-sectional analysis (2020)
- Factors associated with healing, reoperation and continence disturbance in patients following surgery for fistula-in-ano (2020)
- Novel SLOFT technique (2020)
- The intersphincteric tract needs proper management to ensure long-term healing in anal fistula (2020)
- A prospective evaluation of the outcome of submucosal ligation of fistula tract (2020)
- Anal fistula laser ablation - a video vignette (2020)
- Long-term functional and clinical outcomes following transanal advancement flap for complex anal fistula repair: are there predictors of recurrence and incontinence? (2020)
- Treatment of recurrent anterior transsphincteric fistula with fistula plug - a video vignette (2020)
- Could FiLaC™ be effective in the treatment of anal fistulas? A systematic review of observational studies and proportional meta-analysis (2020)
- Endorectal advancement flap for the treatment of a rectovaginal fistula - a video vignette (2020)
- The LIFT (ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract) procedure for a transsphincteric posterior anal fistula - a video vignette (2020)
- Perianal fistula and the ileoanal pouch - different aetiologies require distinct evaluation (2020)
- Fistulotomy for intersphincteric fistula. A stepwise approach for surgical trainees - a video vignette (2020)
- Intra-anal fistulotomy with marsupialization for recurrent high intersphincteric fistula - a video vignette (2020)
- Operative results, sexual function and quality of life after gracilis muscle transposition in complex rectovaginal fistulas (2020)
- 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)
- 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
- Outcomes following local excision of early anal squamous cell carcinomas of the anal canal and perianal margin (2020)
- Screening for intra-anal squamous intra-epithelial lesions in women with a history of human papillomavirus-related vulvar or perianal disease: results of a screening protocol (2020)
- Anal dysplasia as an incidental finding: the importance of specimen evaluation (2020)
- Outcome of surgery for recurrent anal cancer: results from a tertiary referral centre (2018)
- Systematic review of guidelines for the assessment and management of high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN II/III) (2015)
- Detection of anal dysplasia is enhanced by narrow band imaging and acetic acid (2015)
- Clinicopathological and virological characteristics of superficially invasive squamous-cell carcinoma of the anus (2015)
8: Pilonidal Disease

- Chapter 8: Pilonidal Disease
- 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
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- Pilonidal disease. Three flap procedures every colorectal surgeon should know - a video vignette (2021)
- SMILE technique for pilonidal sinus destruction with a radial laser probe - a video vignette (2021)
- Sinus laser therapy versus sinus lay open in the management of sacrococcygeal pilonidal disease (2021)
- Squamous cell carcinoma related to chronic sacroccocygeal sinus. Radical excision and reconstruction with a SGAP flap – a video vignette (>2021)
- Negative pressure wound therapy following excision of pilonidal sinus disease: A retrospective review (2021)
- Limberg flap for pilonidal sinus disease: a video vignette (2020)
- Use of keystone advance flap for pilonidal disease: a video vignette (2020)
- Video-assisted ablation of pilonidal sinus: a video vignette (2020)
- Long-term results of endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment vs Limberg flap for treatment of difficult cases of complicated pilonidal disease: a prospective, nonrandomized study (2019)
- A new minimally invasive treatment of pilonidal sinus disease with the use of a diode laser: a prospective large series of patients (2018)
- Endoscopic pilonidal sinus treatment: a prospective multicentre trial (2016)
- Investigation of the relationship between serum hormones and pilonidal sinus disease: a cross-sectional study (2014)
- Modification of the Bascom cleft lift procedure for chronic pilonidal sinus: results in 141 patients (2013)
9: Fecal Incontinence

- Chapter 9: Fecal Incontinence
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- 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 Faecal Incontinence and Obstructed Defecation Series Webinar 01: Physiology and Diagnostics (2023)
- video Faecal incontinence: knowledge gaps (2022)
- video Faecal incontinence: launch of the new ESCP audit programme (2022)
- video State-of-the-Art for Management of Syndromes of Disordered Defaecation: Obstetric injury and incontinence (2022)
- video Skeletal muscle-derived cell implantation for the treatment of faecal incontinence: a phase III, randomized, controlled, double blind two armed clinical study (2021)
- video Fecal incontinence (2021)
- More presentations on Fecal 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
- Application of nanofat for treatment of traumatic faecal incontinence after sphincteroplasty - a pilot study (2022)
- Interprofessional perspectives on care for patients with low anterior resection syndrome: a qualitative study (2022)
- X-ray video defaecography is superior to magnetic resonance defaecography in the imaging of defaecation disorders (2022)
- Is sacral nerve modulation reprogramming effective after permanent implantation for faecal incontinence? (2022)
- The anorectal defaecation reflex: a prospective intervention study (2022)
- Clinical and functional outcome of surgery for posttraumatic cloacal deformity (2021)
- A prospective trial of the THD SphinKeeper® for faecal incontinence (2021)
- Sequential assessment of bowel function and anorectal physiology after anterior resection for cancer: a prospective cohort study (2021)
- Urinary symptoms in women with faecal incontinence (2021)
- A comparison of faecal incontinence scoring systems (2021)
- Sacral neuromodulation with the InterStim™ system for faecal incontinence: results from a prospective French multicentre observational study (2021)
- The science behind programming algorithms for sacral neuromodulation (2020)
- Initial experience with SphinKeeper™ intersphincteric implants for faecal incontinence in the UK: a two-centre retrospective clinical audit (2020)
- Optimizing sacral neuromodulation for low anterior resection syndrome: learning from our experience (2020)
- The effect of the number of active electrode poles during tined lead placement on long-term efficacy of sacral neuromodulation in patients with faecal incontinence (2020)
- 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
- 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
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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: Defecation Disorders

- Chapter 11: Defecation Disorders
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
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The three 'I's': Indications, Investigations, Interventions (Rectopexy Webinar 2022)
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The Ins and Outs of Ventral Mesh Rectopexy, how to do it (Rectopexy Webinar 2022)
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Avoiding Problems (Rectopexy Webinar 2022)
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- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video State-of-the-Art for Management of Syndromes of Disordered Defaecation: Update on ODS (key open questions) (2022)
- video Core Subject Update: Obstructed defaecation (2022)
- 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
- video Faecal Incontinence and Obstructed Defecation Series Webinar 01: Physiology and Diagnostics (2023)
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the outcome of puborectalis division in the treatment of anismus (2022)
- X-ray video defaecography is superior to magnetic resonance defaecography in the imaging of defaecation disorders (2022)
- Management guidelines for low anterior resection syndrome – the MANUEL project (2021)
- Ileostomy for chronic constipation: a good idea or just asking for more trouble? (2021)
- Altered anal slow-wave pressure activity in low anterior resection syndrome: short case series in two independent specialist centres provide new mechanistic insights (2020)
- Nurse-led standardized intervention for low anterior resection syndrome. A population-based pilot study (2020)
- Altered colonic motility is associated with low anterior resection syndrome (2020)
- The science behind programming algorithms for sacral neuromodulation (2020)
- Is there any association between symptoms and findings on imaging in pelvic floor defaecatory dysfunction? A prospective study (2020)
- Optimizing sacral neuromodulation for low anterior resection syndrome: learning from our experience (2020)
- Botulinum toxin type A for the treatment of dyssynergic defaecation in adults: a systematic review (2020)
- Low anterior resection syndrome in a Scandinavian population of patients with rectal cancer: a longitudinal follow-up within the QoLiRECT study (2020)
- Utility of the Mansoura Numeroalphabetic Constipation Score in detection of obstructed defaecation syndrome and prediction of the outcome of treatment (2020)
- 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)
12: Rectal Prolapse, Intussusception, Solitary Rectal Ulcer

- Chapter 12: Rectal Prolapse, Intussusception, Solitary Rectal Ulcer
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- 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 Core Subject Update: Rectal prolapse (2022)
- video Mesh for internal prolapse and/or rectocele: evidence and case (2021)
- video Mesh in pelvis, what we know and learned (2021)
- video Functional Disorders and the Pelvic Floor: Functional Results after Ventral Rectopexy and overcoming challenges (2021)
- video For Trainees: Rectal prolapse - what to do? (2020)
- video Interactive Trainee Workshop: Rectal prolapse (2019)
- 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
- The anorectal defaecation reflex: a prospective intervention study (2022)
- 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)
- I want to go home: should we abandon open surgery for treatment of rectal prolapse? Consideration of discharge destination following surgery for rectal prolapse (2020)
- A multicentre comparative study between laparoscopic and open surgery for intussusception in adults (2020)
- Epidemiological trends in surgery for rectal prolapse in England 2001–2012: an adult hospital population-based study (2020)
- How should we manage complete rectal prolapse in men? (2019)
- Modified Gant-Miwa-Thiersch procedure (mucosal plication with anal encircling) for rectal prolapse (2019)
- Abdominal rectopexy for the treatment of internal rectal prolapse: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
- Position statement by the Pelvic Floor Society on behalf of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland on the use of mesh in ventral mesh rectopexy (2017)
- Laparoscopic ventral rectopexy is effective for solitary rectal ulcer syndrome when associated with rectal prolapse (2014)
- The effect of abdominal ventral rectopexy on faecal incontinence and constipation in patients with internal intra-anal rectal intussusception (2011)
13: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

- Chapter 13: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Selected meeting presentation on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- video Tips and tricks in ileoanal pouch creation (ESCP Meeting 2015)
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video IBD surgery during pregnancy – ECCO guidelines and results from the Scar study (2022)
- video Perioperative optimization in IBD (2022)
- video Challenging Scenarios within IBD: Innovation in pouch surgery, preventing failing pouch, and strategies for pouch failures (2022)
- video Challenging Scenarios within IBD: Pouch fistulae (2022)
- video Challenging Scenarios within IBD: Management of dysplasia in IBD (2022)
- More presentations on Ulcerative Colitis
- Guidelines
- 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
- Prevalence of pouchitis in both ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
- The use of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in patients with ulcerative colitis from 2009 to 2018 (2022)
- The impact of the ileoanal pouch on female fertility in ulcerative colitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
- Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
- Perioperative safety of tofacitinib in surgical ulcerative colitis patients (2021)
- Antitumour necrosis factor therapy is associated with de novo Crohn’s disease after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (2021)
- The pouch behaving badly: management of morbidity after ileal pouch–anal anastomosis (2021)
- A case-control study examining the association of smad7 and TLR single nucleotide polymorphisms on the risk of colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis (2021)
- Revisional ileoanal pouch surgery: a systematic literature review assessing outcomes over the last 40 years (2020)
- An audit of process and outcome for emergency colectomy in England and Wales (2020)
- Systematic review on the management of ileoanal pouch-vaginal fistulas after restorative proctocolectomy in the treatment of ulcerative colitis (2020)
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes after elective surgery for ulcerative colitis (2020)
- Increasing experience of modified two-stage transanal ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for therapy refractory ulcerative colitis. What have we learned? A retrospective analysis on 75 consecutive cases at a tertiary referral hospital (2020)
- A nationwide database study on colectomy and colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis: what is the role of appendectomy? (2020)
- Management of pouch-vaginal fistulas - experience from our institution (2019)
- Morbidity related to diverting ileostomy after restorative proctocolectomy in patients with ulcerative colitis (2019)
- Patient decision-making in severe inflammatory bowel disease: the need for improved communication of treatment options and preferences (2019)
15: Crohn's Disease

- Chapter 15: Crohn's Disease
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- 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 IBD surgery during pregnancy – ECCO guidelines and results from the scar study (2022)
- video Perioperative optimization in IBD (2022)
- video Early surgery in ileocecal Crohn’s disease (2022)
- video Complex perianal Crohn’s fistula (2022)
- video The Future of TaTME (2022)
- video My Most Challenging Case: Multiple strictures in CD (2022)
- video Challenging Scenarios within IBD: Cancer in CD: challenging current guidelines (2022)
- video Challenging Scenarios within IBD: Management of dysplasia in IBD (2022)
- More presentations on Crohn's disease
- Guidelines
- 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
- Pregnancy outcomes after stoma surgery for inflammatory bowel disease: the results of a retrospective multicentre audit (2022)
- Childhood appendicitis and future risk of inflammatory bowel disease - a nationwide cohort study in Sweden 1973-2017 (2022)
- Injection of mesenchymal stem cells (darvadstrocel) into Crohn's perianal fistula - a video vignette (2022)
- video An update on inflammatory bowel disease and the role of robots (2022)
- Surgical closure, mainly with glue injection and anti-tumour necrosis factor α, in fistulizing perianal Crohn's disease: a multicentre randomized controlled trial (2021)
- Tips and tricks for a minimally invasive approach for complicated ileocaecal Crohn's disease - a video vignette (2021)
- Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors in Crohn's disease and the effect on surgery rates (2021)
- Redo ileocolic resection in Crohn's disease - does time passed since previous surgery matter? (2021)
- A scoring system to predict a prolonged length of stay after surgery for Crohn’s disease (2021)
- Technical standardization of laparoscopic extended mesenterectomy in ileocolic resection in Crohn's disease - a video vignette (2021)
- Impact of preoperative enteral nutritional support on postoperative outcome in patients with Crohn’s disease complicated by malnutrition (2021)
- Endoscopic submucosal dissection is safe and feasible, allowing for ongoing surveillance and organ preservation in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (2021)
- Antitumour necrosis factor therapy is associated with de novo Crohn’s disease after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (2021)
- Ileorectal anastomosis in patients with Crohn’s disease. Postoperative complications and functional outcome - a systematic review (2021)
- Use of indocyanine green fluorescence guidance in redo ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease (2021)
- Ambulatory management of perianal Crohn’s disease during the COVID‐19 pandemic (2020)
- Digesting research on preoperative nutrition in Crohn’s disease (2020)
- Robotic repair of colovesical fistula due to complicated Crohn’s disease - a video vignette (2020)
- Laparoscopic total proctocolectomy for Crohn’s colitis - a video vignette (2020)
- The informational and decisional preferences of patients undergoing surgery for Crohn’s anal fistula: a qualitative study (2020)
- The role of Kono-S anastomosis and mesenteric resection in reducing recurrence after surgery for Crohn’s disease: a systematic review (2020)
- Revisional ileoanal pouch surgery: a systematic literature review assessing outcomes over the last 40 years (2020)
- National variations in perioperative assessment and surgical management of Crohn’s disease: a multicentre study (2020)
- Assessment of sexual dysfunction in patients with perianal Crohn's disease (2020)
- Management of inflammatory bowel disease associated colonic dysplasia: factors predictive of patient choice and satisfaction (2020)
- Does preoperative enteral nutrition reduce the incidence of surgical complications in patients with Crohn’s disease? A case‐matched study (2019)
- Surgery, stomas, and anxiety and depression in inflammatory bowel disease: a retrospective cohort analysis of privately insured patients (2019)
- Temporary faecal diversion in ileocolic resection for Crohn’s disease: is there an impact on long‐term surgical recurrence? (2019)
- Stoma formation for Crohn’s disease in the post‐biologic era (2019)
- The Portsmouth protocol for intra‐operative ultrasound of the small bowel in Crohn's disease (2019)
- Patient decision‐making in severe inflammatory bowel disease: the need for improved communication of treatment options and preferences (2019)
- Reduction in surgical stoma rates in Crohn's disease: a population‐based time trend analysis (2019)
- 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)
- Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland consensus exercise on surgical management of fistulating perianal Crohn's disease (2018)
- 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
- 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: 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
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of robotic resections for diverticular disease (2022)
- Caecal diverticulitis can be misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis: a systematic review of the literature (2021)
- Diverticulitis Management, a Snapshot Collaborative Audit Study (DAMASCUS): Protocol for an international, multicentre, prospective observational study (2021)
- Meta-analysis of the demographic and prognostic significance of right-sided versus left-sided acute diverticulitis (2020)
- Primary anastomosis and nonrestorative resection for perforated diverticulitis with peritonitis: meta-analysis of randomized trials (2020)
- Elective colectomy after acute diverticulitis: an international comparison (2019)
- Sigmoid resection for diverticular disease - to ligate or to preserve the inferior mesenteric artery? Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis (2019)
- Antibiotics versus no antibiotics in the treatment of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis - a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
- 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
- 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
- Selected meeting presentations on
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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)
- Antitumour necrosis factor therapy is associated with de novo Crohn’s disease after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (2021)
- Patient and clinician national registry synergy to enhance quality improvement in United Kingdom IBD surgery - is there appetite? (2021)
- Impact of preoperative enteral nutritional support on postoperative outcome in patients with Crohn’s disease complicated by malnutrition (2021)
- 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)
- Is abdominal CT useful for the management of patients with severe acute colitis complicating inflammatory bowel disease? A study in 54 consecutive patients (2017)
- Adalimumab and postoperative complications of elective intestinal resections in Crohn's disease: a propensity score case-matched study (2017)
- Treatment of perianal fistula in Crohn's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis comparing seton drainage and anti-tumour necrosis factor treatment (2016)
20: Endometriosis

- Chapter 20: Endometriosis
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
21: Appendicitis

- Chapter 21: Appendicitis
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- video Trainee Video: Tips and tricks in appendicectomy (2022)
- video The ideal lap appendectomy: sometimes, not always! (ESCP meeting 2018)
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- 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
- 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)
- COVID-19 and the treatment of acute appendicitis in Ireland: a new era or short-term pivot? (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)
- Acute appendicitis can be treated with single-incision laparoscopy: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (2015)
- 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
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- video Hybrid endoscopic - laparoscopic excision colonic polyps (ESCP meeting 2019)
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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)
- Laparoscopic excision of a benign retrorectal tumour - a video vignette (2018)
- Transanal minimally invasive approach for the resection of retrorectal tumour - a video vignette (2018)
- Clinicopathological features of colorectal polyps: evaluation of the 'predict, resect and discard' strategies (2013)
23: Principles of Tumour Classification

- Chapter 23: Principles of Tumour Classification
- 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
- 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
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Biology of Colorectal Cancer: Liquid biopsy in CRC - current status and potential clinical applications (2022)
- video Biology of Colorectal Cancer: Colorectal cancer in young adults - emerging biology and management priorities (2022)
- video Biology of Colorectal Cancer: Anastomotic leak and colorectal cancer recurrence - does infection change tumour biology? (2022)
- video Update of New Guidelines: FAP guideline (2022)
- video Gene and gender guidelines for Lynch Syndrome (GGGLS) - Key Message and a case (2021)
- video Update on Guidelines for PJS (Peutz-Jeghers-Syndrome) (2021)
- More presentations on Genetics
- Guidelines
- 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
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- video Trainee Video: Identifying blood vessels in CME (2022)
- video Colorectal Robotic Grand Round: Interactive Forum (Robotic Webinar 2021)
- video Complete Mesocolic Excision (Robotic Webinar 2021)
- video General Concepts and Sigmoid Resection (Robotic Webinar 2020)
- video Standardised Trainee Video: Robotic sigmoidectomy (ESCP meeting 2020)
- video Standardised Trainee Video: Extended colectomy right open (ESCP meeting 2020)
- 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 Lap CME - technique and pitfalls (ESCP meeting 2019)
- video Robotic left colectomy with complete mesocolic excision and intracorporeal side-to-side anastomosis for splenic flexure cancer with da Vinci Xi robotic platform (ESCP meeting 2019)
- video Robotic right colectomy with complete mesocolic excision and intracorporeal anastomosis - Bottom up suprapubic approach (ESCP meeting 2019)
- video Trainee Video Session: Laparoscopic CME. What can go wrong? (ESCP meeting 2018)
- video Trainee Video Session: Mobilising splenic flexure in the left lateral position (ESCP meeting 2017)
- video Trainee Video Session: Mobilising splenic flexure medial to lateral (ESCP meeting 2017)
- video Trainee Video Session: Mobilising splenic flexure lateral to medial (ESCP meeting 2017)
- video Trainee Video Session: High tie of the middle colic artery: open access, laparoscopic access (ESCP meeting 2016)
- video Trainees Video Session: Left flexure mobilisation - laparoscopic (ESCP meeting 2015)
- video Trainees Video Session: Left flexure mobilisation - open (ESCP meeting 2015)
- video Trainees Video Session: Tips and tricks in colon pouch creation (ESCP meeting 2015)
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video Improving Outcome in Colon Cancer: CME for right-sided tumours: lymphatic clearance and oncological outcomes (2022)
- video Improving Outcome in Colon Cancer: How to reliably assess T1 CRCS (including risk modelling) (2022)
- video Improving Outcome in Colon Cancer: Neoadjuvant oncological therapy for colon cancer; what’s next? (2022)
- video Ileocolic anastomosis after right hemicolectomy (2021)
- video Evolving epidemiology of colorectal cancer: overcoming the challenges (2021)
- video Emergency Colorectal Surgery: Malignant left-sided obstruction: what is the best strategy? (2021)
- video Surviving Colorectal Cancer: Survivorship, sisyphus, and the rolling stone (2021)
- video Surviving Colorectal Cancer: Guidelines, consensus, and their limits (2021)
- 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
- Computer-based multimodal training module facilitates standardization of complete mesocolic excision technique for right-sided colon cancer: long-term oncological outcomes (2022)
- A national evaluation of the use and survival impact of adjuvant chemotherapy in Stage II colon cancer from the national cancer database (2022)
- Clinical significance of circulating tumour cells and tumour marker detection in the chemotherapeutic evaluation of advanced colorectal cancer (2022)
- Stage migration - a negative quality indicator in colon cancer management (2022)
- Laparoscopic versus open surgery for left flexure colon cancer: a propensity score matched analysis from an international cohort (2022)
- Evolutionary patterns of chromosomal instability and mismatch repair deficiency in proximal and distal colorectal cancer (2022)
- Tumour genotypes account for survival differences in right- and left-sided colon cancers (2022)
- Colon cancer treatment in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide register-based study (2022)
- Plane of mesocolic dissection as predictor of recurrence after complete mesocolic excision for sigmoid colon cancer: a cohort study (2022)
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients undergoing colonic resection for locally advanced nonmetastatic colon cancer: a nationwide propensity score matched cohort study (2022)
- N1c colon cancer and the use of adjuvant chemotherapy: a current audit of the National Cancer Database (2021)
- Complete mesocolic excision versus conventional surgery for colon cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
- Oncological outcomes after complete mesocolic excision in right-sided colon cancer: a population-based study (2021)
- Recurrence after complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer: post hoc sensitivity analyses - early recurrence, surgery by specialist and dissection in the mesocolic plane (2021)
- Distribution of lymph node metastasis and oncological outcomes of mid-transverse colon cancer: extended versus transverse colectomy (2021)
- Emergency resection or diverting stoma followed by elective resection in patients with colonic obstruction due to locally advanced cancer: a national cohort study (2021)
- Recurrence and colon cancer-specific death in patients with large bowel obstruction requiring urgent operation: a competing risks analysis (2021)
- Improvement in immune dysfunction after FOLFOX chemotherapy for Stage III colon cancer is associated with improved minimal residual disease prognostic subtype and outcome (2021)
- Oncological outcomes after complete mesocolic excision in right-sided colon cancer: a population-based study (2021)
- Does neoadjuvant FOLFOX chemotherapy improve the prognosis of high-risk Stage II and III colon cancers? Three years' follow-up results of the PRODIGE 22 phase II randomized multicentre trial (2021)
- Segmental versus extended colectomy for tumours of the transverse colon: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
- N1c colon cancer and the use of adjuvant chemotherapy: a current audit of the National Cancer Database (2020)
- The association of the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio with the presence of minimal residual disease and outcome in patients with Stage II colon cancer treated with surgery alone (2020)
- Comparison of extended right hemicolectomy, left hemicolectomy and segmental colectomy for splenic flexure colon cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
- Colon sparing resection versus extended colectomy for left-sided obstructing colon cancer with caecal ischaemia or perforation: a nationwide study from the French Surgical Association (2020)
- 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
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- video Lateral lymph node dissection in rectal cancer (Robotic Webinar 2021)
- video It's always good to have a plan B - if things go wrong (Robotic Webinar 2021)
- video Colorectal Robotic Grand Round: Interactive Forum (Robotic Webinar 2021)
- video Low Anterior Resection (Robotic Webinar 2021)
- video Standardised Trainee Video: Open Low Anterior resection (ESCP meeting 2020)
- video 4 Steps of robotic approach for lateral pelvic lymph node dissection (LPND) with ICG using surgical landmarks (ESCP meeting 2019)
- video Trainee Video Session: Colorectal hand anstastomosis (ESCP meeting 2019)
- video Trainee Video Session: Colorectal stapled anastomosis (ESCP meeting 2019)
- video Trainee Video Session: How to handle misfired stapled colorectal anastomosis (ESCP meeting 2018)
- video New methods in low rectal cancer: Transanal TME - technique step-wise approach (ESCP meeting 2016)
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video STAR-TREC: Can we save the rectum by watchful waiting or transanal surgery following (chemo)radiotherapy versus total mesorectal excision for early rectal cancer? (2022)
- video Fistula in ano (2022)
- video State-of-the-Art for Management of Syndromes of Disordered Defaecation: Severe low anterior resection syndrome - management options (2022)
- video Rectal Cancer - where are we in 2022? Current status of TME - which approach for which tumours? (2022)
- video Rectal Cancer - where are we in 2022? Early rectal cancer - when is local resection a good option? (2022)
- video Rectal Cancer - where are we in 2022? Inter-sphincteric resection for low rectal cancer (2022)
- video Rectal Cancer - where are we in 2022? Robotics - an update (2022)
- video Prevention and Management of Complications: Managing the delayed leak and perianal sinus (2022)
- video Improving Outcome in Colon Cancer: How to reliably assess T1 CRCS (including risk modelling) (2022)
- More presentations on Rectal Cancer
- Guidelines
- 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)
- NCCN Guideline: Rectal Cancer (UK 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
- Do or doughnut: a systematic review and pooled analysis on the utility of pathological evaluation of the anastomotic doughnut in oncological colorectal operations (2022)
- Empty pelvis syndrome: a systematic review of reconstruction techniques and their associated complications (2022)
- Metabolic positron emission tomography/CT response after induction chemotherapy and chemo(re)irradiation is associated with higher negative resection margin rate in patients with locally recurrent rectal cancer (2022)
- Rectal washout during abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer has no impact on the oncological outcome (2022)
- Patient-reported outcomes after pelvic exenteration for colorectal cancer: a systematic review (2022)
- Selected stage IV rectal cancer patients managed by the watch-and-wait approach after pelvic radiotherapy: a good alternative to total mesorectal excision surgery? (2022)
- Prognostic significance of MR identified EMVI, tumour deposits, mesorectal nodes and pelvic side wall disease in locally advanced rectal cancer (2022)
- Is it safe to perform an anastomosis for rectal cancer after prostate cancer? A multicentre study of 126 patients from the GRECCAR group (2022)
- Quality of life meta-analysis following coloanal anastomosis versus abdominoperineal resection for low rectal cancer (2022)
- Interprofessional perspectives on care for patients with low anterior resection syndrome: a qualitative study (2022)
- Accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging staging of tumour and nodal stage in rectal cancer treated by primary surgery: a population-based study (2022)
- Management of inguinal lymph node metastases from rectal and anal canal adenocarcinoma (2022)
- Tailored total neoadjuvant therapy for locally advanced rectal cancer: one size may not fit for all! (2021)
- Meta-analysis of direct-to-surgery lateral pelvic lymph node dissection for rectal cancer (2021)
- Prognostic significance of neoadjuvant rectal score in locally advanced rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and construction of a prediction model (2021)
- Potential benefit of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer on postoperative male sexual function (2021)
- Preservation of the rectum is possible in early rectal cancer with neoadjuvant radiotherapy, delay and local excision - a 12-year single-centre experience of the evolution of early rectal cancer treatment (2021)
- Financial and occupational impact of low anterior resection syndrome in rectal cancer survivors (2021)
- Time interval between rectal cancer resection and reintervention for anastomotic leakage and the impact of a defunctioning stoma: a Dutch population-based study (2021)
- The evaluation of follow-up strategies of watch-and-wait patients with a complete response after neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer (2021)
- Long-term outcomes of patients with poor prognostic factors following transanal endoscopic microsurgery for early rectal cancer (2021)
- Functional outcomes following pelvic exenteration: results from a prospective cohort study (2021)
- The role of intraoperative radiotherapy in advanced rectal cancer: a meta-analysis (2021)
- The learning curve of transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer is associated with local recurrence: results from a multicentre external audit (2021)
- Long-term surgical outcomes after resection of presacral tumours and risk factors associated with recurrence (2021)
- A systematic review and meta-analysis on complications of transanal total mesorectal excision (2021)
- A novel bowel rehabilitation programme after total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: the BOREAL pilot study (2021)
- Management of benign anastomotic strictures following rectal resection: a systematic review (2021)
- Does oncological outcome differ between restorative and nonrestorative low anterior resection in patients with primary rectal cancer? (2020)
- Short-term outcomes after transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer in Denmark - a prospective multicentre study (2020)
- Association between urinary function and resected pattern of the autonomic nerve system after transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer (2020)
- Outcomes following repeat exenteration for locally advanced pelvic malignancy (2020)
- Delayed coloanal anastomosis: an alternative option for restorative rectal cancer surgery after high-dose pelvic radiotherapy for prostate cancer (2020)
- Simultaneous pelvic exenteration and liver resection for primary rectal cancer with synchronous liver metastases: results from the PelvEx Collaborative (2020)
- Impact of bowel and stoma dysfunction on female sexuality after treatment for rectal cancer (2020)
- Outcomes of completion total mesorectal excision are not compromised by prior transanal minimally invasive surgery (2020)
- Is neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy sufficient in patients with advanced rectal malignancy and positive extra-mesorectal lateral lymph nodes? (2020)
- Self-reported sexual dysfunction in patients with rectal cancer (2019)
- International evaluation of circumferential resection margins after rectal cancer resection: insights from the Swedish and Dutch audits (2019)
- 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)
- 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)
- Prognostic value of tumour regression grade in locally advanced rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
27: Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Anal Cancer

- Chapter 27: Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Anal Cancer
- 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 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 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
- 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)
- Outcomes following local excision of early anal squamous cell carcinomas of the anal canal and perianal margin (2020)
- Screening for intra-anal squamous intra-epithelial lesions in women with a history of human papillomavirus-related vulvar or perianal disease: results of a screening protocol (2020)
- Anal dysplasia as an incidental finding: the importance of specimen evaluation (2020)
- Exophytic condyloma: are they as benign as we think? (2020)
- Outcome of surgery for recurrent anal cancer: results from a tertiary referral centre (2018)
- 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)
- Systematic review of guidelines for the assessment and management of high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN II/III) (2016)
- Detection of anal dysplasia is enhanced by narrow band imaging and acetic acid (2015)
- Clinicopathological and virological characteristics of superficially invasive squamous-cell carcinoma of the anus (2015)
- The rising incidence of anal cancer in England 1990-2010: a population-based study (2014)
28: Peritoneal Malignancies and Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases

- Chapter 28: Peritoneal Malignancies and Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases
- 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
- 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
- Governance models to support patient safety when undergoing maximal effort cytoreductive surgery for advanced ovarian/fallopian tube/primary peritoneal cancer - a joint statement of ACPGBI, ASGBI, AUGIS and BGCS (2022)
- Laparoscopic cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for peritoneal metastases of colorectal origin - a video vignette (2022)
- Appendiceal pseudomyxoma peritonei: predictors of recurrence and iterative surgery (2021)
- A laparoscopic approach to peritoneal carcinomatosis surgery guided by indocyanine green: two cases in our centre - a video vignette (2021)
- Risk factors for developing peritoneal metastases after curative surgery for colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
- Robotic low anterior resection with total hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and enbloc pelvic peritonectomy followed by hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for the multi-modal treatment of rectosigmoid cancer with peritoneal seeding - a video vignette (2021)
- Randomized controlled trials in surgical resection of colorectal peritoneal metastases: disentangling negativity in PRODIGE 7 and PROPHYLOCHIP (2021)
- A phase I, nonrandomized controlled trial demonstrating the novel technique of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy utilizing warm humidified carbon dioxide insufflation (2021)
- Patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery for peritoneal malignancy of appendiceal origin should be consented for umbilical excision as 30% have umbilical infiltration (2021)
- Prognostic factors influencing survival in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for isolated colorectal peritoneal metastases: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
- Laparoscopic cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for a limited low-grade pseudomyxoma peritonei - a video vignette (2020)
- Pelvic exenteration combined with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for advanced primary or recurrent colorectal cancer with peritoneal metastases (2020)
- Prospective correlation of the radiological, surgical and pathological findings in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery for colorectal peritoneal metastases: implications for the preoperative estimation of the peritoneal cancer index (2020)
- 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
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- video Trainee Video Session: Retrorectal tumours (ESCP Meeting 2019)
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- Guideline
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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)
- Progress in the management of retrorectal tumours (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)
30: Stomas and Stomatherapy

- Chapter 30: Stomas and Stomatherapy
- 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
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- The effect of preoperative stoma site marking on risk of stoma-related complications in patients with intestinal ostomy - a systematic review and meta-analysis (2022)
- Pregnancy outcomes after stoma surgery for inflammatory bowel disease: the results of a retrospective multicentre audit (2022)
- The impact of prolonged delay to loop ileostomy closure on postoperative morbidity and hospital stay: a retrospective cohort study (2022)
- Risk factors for readmission with dehydration after ileostomy formation: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
- Ileostomy for chronic constipation: a good idea or just asking for more trouble? (2021)
- High recurrence rate after posterior component separation and keyhole mesh reconstruction for complex parastomal hernia: A case series study (2021)
- Emergency resection or diverting stoma followed by elective resection in patients with colonic obstruction due to locally advanced cancer: a national cohort study (2021)
- Risk and consequences of dehydration following colorectal cancer resection with diverting ileostomy. A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
- Predicting life with a permanent end colostomy: A prospective study on function, bother and acceptance (2021)
- Stop stigmatizing stomas (>2021)
- Stoma-related complications: a report from the Stoma-Const randomized controlled trial (2020)
- A technique for emergent, decompressie loop colostomy - a video vignette (2020)
- Enteral stoma care during the COVID‐19 pandemic: practical advice (2020)
- Modified laparoscopic keyhole technique for repair of stomal prolapse - a video vignette (2020)
- Surgical repair of parastomal bulging: a retrospective register-based study on prospectively collected data (2020)
- Implementation of an easy in-hospital educational stoma pathway results in decrease of home nursing care services after discharge (2020)
- Racial disparities after stoma construction in colorectal surgery (2019)
- Predictors of permanent stoma creation in patients with mid or low rectal cancer: results of a multicentre cohort study with preoperative evaluation of anal function (2019)
- Renal impairment after ileostomy formation: a frequent event with long‐term consequences (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)
31: Endoscopy: Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Surveillance, New Techniques

- Chapter 31: Endoscopy: Diagnostics, Therapeutics, Surveillance, New Techniques
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- Videos on the surgical procedures and techniques for this topic will be added soon
- 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
- Risk factors and treatment of rectal stenosis after transanal endoscopic microsurgery (2022)
- Complete occlusion of lumen after over-the-scope-clip deployment during ESD: a lesson learned - a video vignette (2022)
- Utilization of the left hand to facilitate precise endoscopic control during colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection - a video vignette (2021)
- Rubber band-clip traction for endoscopic submucosal dissection involving the appendiceal orifice - a video vignette (2021)
- Regular endoscopic surveillance and polypectomy is effective in managing rectal adenoma progression following colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (2021)
- Endoscopic management of colovesical and colovaginal fistulas with over-the-scope clips: a single-institution case series (2021)
- Pocket-creation colonic endoscopic submucosal dissection assisted by bidirectional double clip traction - a video vignette (2021)
- Extraction of migrated colonic stent - a video vignette (2021)
- Joint ACPGBI and the Dukes' Club statement on colonoscopy training (2021)
- Natural orifice specimen extraction for colorectal surgery: Early adoption in a Western population (2020)
- Colon capsule endoscopy as an entry level test under the right circumstances (2021)
- Colon capsule endoscopy: an innovative method for detecting colorectal pathology during the COVID‐19 pandemic? (2020)
- Effects of preceding endoscopic treatment on laparoscopic surgery for early rectal cancer (2020)
- Does intra‐operative flexible endoscopy reduce anastomotic complications following left‐sided colonic resections? A systematic review and meta‐analysis (2019)
- Accuracy of CT colonography in the preoperative staging of colon cancer: a prospective study of 217 patients (2019)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- Cloacal type defect of the anal canal following an obstetric anal sphincter trauma (2021)
- Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Receptive Anal Intercourse Among Women (2020)
- Lower urinary symptoms, resilience, and post-traumatic stress symptoms among rectal cancer patients after surgery (2020)
- Use of the GelPoint Path access channel for rectal trauma (2019)
- 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
- 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)
- Acute large bowel malignant obstruction of the splenic flexure: fully robotic resection with central ligation and intracorporeal anastomosis - a video vignette (2021)
- Definition of large bowel obstruction by primary colorectal cancer: a systematic review (2021)
- Recurrence and colon cancer-specific death in patients with large bowel obstruction requiring urgent operation: a competing risks analysis (2021)
- Thirty-day mortality after emergency surgery for obstructing colon cancer: survey and dedicated score from the French Surgical Association (2019)
- Management of large bowel obstruction with self-expanding metal stents. A multicentre retrospective study of factors determining outcome (2014)
- The efficacy of treatment of patients with severe constipation or recurrent pseudo-obstruction with pyridostigmine (2010)
- Endoscopic decompression using a transanal drainage tube for acute obstruction of the rectum and left colon as a bridge to curative surgery (2009)
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
- 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
- Selected meeting presentations on this topic
- video MECCLANT-C (International Multicentre RCT) on bowel prep+OA vs nothing in elective colectomies (2022)
- video Early urinary catheter removal after rectal cancer surgery (2022)
- video SUNRRISE: Single use negative pressure dressings to reduce SSI after emergency laparotomy (2022)
- video Emergency Colorectal Surgery: Right-sided anastomotic leak (2022)
- video Prevention and Management of Complications: Managing the delayed leak and perianal sinus (2022)
- video Prevention and Management of Complications: Psychology of dealing with complications (2022)
- 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)
- 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)
37: Intestinal Failure

- Chapter 37: Intestinal Failure
- 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
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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
- Surgical procedures and techniques on this topic
- 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 Parastomal hernia: knowledge gaps (2022)
- video Parastomal hernia: PROPHER (2022)
- video Abdominal wall project: knowledge gaps (2022)
- video Abdominal wall project: new project presentation (2022)
- video Prospective study on abdominal wall closure and SSI reduction (2021)
- video Colostomy: mesh it or not? Against mesh (2021)
- video Colostomy: mesh it or not? Pro mesh (2021)
- More presentations on Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
- Guidelines
- Suggested reading and educational material
- 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)
- 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
- Global Challenges in Proctology (ESCP Global Reach Webinar 2022)
- video CORREA (2022)
- video MIRCAST (2022)
- video Surgeons for Future: Sustainable surgery: luxury or necessity? (2022)
- video Surgeons for Future: A guide to sustainable colorectal surgery: is it feasible? (2022)
- video Surgeons for Future: A greener theatre: where to begin? (2022)
- video The Modern Colorectal Surgeon: Simulators in robotics (2022)
- video The Modern Colorectal Surgeon: Current applications of AI in the operating room (2022)
- video The Modern Colorectal Surgeon: Fluorescence guided surgery and AI (2022)
- video The Modern Colorectal Surgeon: Teleproctering (2022)
- video Update of New Guidelines: Colorectal robotic training (2022)
- video Update of New Guidelines: Social media guideline (2022)
- video Emergency Colorectal Surgery: Risk factor stratification in emergency colon surgery (2022)
- video Emergency Colorectal Surgery: Emergency surgery in the elderly patient (2022)
- video Complex Proctology: Chronic perineal sinus: what are the alternatives in 2022? (2022)
- video Can AI solve the doubts in complete clinical response in rectal cancer? (2022)
- video Training the young in minimally invasive rectal cancer surgery in 2022 – what to recommend? (2022)
- video Augmented reality in MIS surgery (2022)
- video 3D printing in clinical applications (2022)
- video Emergency Colorectal Surgery: Left-sided anastomotic leakage: what to do now? (2021)
- video The future of surgery is bright: clinical applications of advanced imaging and AI (2021)
- video The other robots - disruptive technology near market entry (2021)
- video Time-tested and innovative ways to prevent anastomotic leakage (2021)
- video Pregnancy and the Colorectal Surgeon: Indications for caesarian section: what the colorectal surgeon should know (2021)
- video Pregnancy and the Colorectal Surgeon: Mode of delivery in the IBD patient (2021)
- video Pregnancy and the Colorectal Surgeon: Postpartum coordination between obstetrician and colorectal surgeon (2021)
- video Avoiding ureter injury in colorectal surgery (2021)
- video Principles of ICG and indications in colorectal surgery (2021)
- video How fluorescence technology can help you (2021)
- 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)
- Guidelines
Last update: 15 March 2023