On 24 Nov 2017

The journal of Colorectal Disease has recently accepted a summary of current guidelines regarding organ preservation in rectal cancer, which has been supported by a number of ESCP members.

Christoffer Odensten in front of hospital

On 21 Nov 2017

Dr Christoffer Odensten, Sunderby Hospital Sweden, is currently coordinating a trial, Use of prophylactic mesh when creating a colostomy does not prevent parastomal hernia: a randomized controlled trial - STOMAMESH. You can view the abstract of this trial here.

On 1 Nov 2017

Ben Griffiths, Head of Colorectal Surgery at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals and Ash Bhalla, Laparoscopic Fellow at Royal Victoria Infirmary, write on parastomal hernia, the béte noire of the colorectal surgeon, whose recurrence rate remains unacceptably high.

Laurent Abramowitz

On 27 Sep 2017

Many congratulations to our prizewinners from ESCP Berlin! Laurent Abramowitz (France) won the BJS Society Prize for the Best of the Six Best Papers, Simon Ladefoged Rasmussen (Denmark) won the Best Welcome Poster award, Masaaki Ito (Japan) won the Best Surgical Video award, and Aleksei Petrov (Russia) won the Best New Trial Award.

On 27 Sep 2017

ESCP offered seven opportunities in 2016-2017 - two observerships, four 3-month fellowships and one 6-month fellowship. Fellows report here on their experiences.

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