European Society for Coloproctology had a highly successful year in 2017, reaching its highest ever number of members and hosting its largest yet Annual Meeting in Berlin.
The February 'Paper of the Month' focusses on a proctological problem, the treatment of haemorrhoids. The paper considers for the first time not only clinical effectiveness but also cost-effectiveness and the long term quality of life following stapled haemorrhoidopexy (SH) and traditional excisional haemorrhoidectomy (TH) for patients with haemorrhoids. It was published in Health Technol Assessment Journal, which report studies supported by the HTA programme, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), UK.
As part of February’s Sigmoid Volvulus month, Eva Angenete of Sahlgrenska University Hospital has kindly contributed a poster and a presentation on reducing the risk of recurrence in cases of sigmoid volvulus.
Professor Rullier, University of Bordeaux, has provided some fantastic resources for ESCP's Beyond Colorectal Cancer month which you can access here.
Therese Juul, Aarhus University Hospital, highlights the LARS scoring tool, used to identify symptomatic patients and treat them afterwards, and currently available in 24 languages.
Resource: https://larscollaborative.com/