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Video: Introducing TaTME Guidance

27 June 2018

Our specialists involved in the TaTME Guidance Group discuss the importance and formulation of new international guidance which covers indication, technique, training, quality and implementation.

David Zimmerman shares best practice and advances in treating anal fistulas

David Zimmerman

25 June 2018

Interview with David Zimmerman about his educational sessions in Rome Anal Fistula event in July ahead of ESCP meeting in Nice in September.

Surgeon specialty but not choice of stapler may increase the risk of anastomotic leak after right-sided colorectal resections

21 June 2018

A new analysis of a large, international audit undertaken by the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) in 2015 has examined the role of technical factors on the healing of the join in the bowel following operations on the right side of the colon.

Higher risk of graft loss in patients with ileoanal pouches after proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis if primary sclerosing cholangitis warrants liver transplantation

20 June 2018

This Paper of the Month report considers the impact of ileal pouch-anal anastomosis on graft survival following liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis.

Perceptions of stoma-related problems differ between healthcare professionals and patients

16 May 2018

Young ESCP member, Hossam Elfeki, co-authors a paper as part of Colostomy Impact Score Study Group published in BJS Open.