Paper of the Month
For the interest and benefit of ESCP members, the Research Committee are going to write a monthly short report on a significant colorectal article that has been published in the last six months.
These summaries should provide an informative read on significant developments that have the potential to help patients. We would welcome your suggestions regarding articles and also your ideas on how this initiative may be developed.
30 December 2024
December's Paper of the Month aimed to evaluate the effect of 2% perioperative intravenous lidocaine infusion on return of gut function after elective minimally invasive colon resection.29 November 2024
November's Paper of the Month aims to evaluate the impact of prolonging this waiting period on the 5-year oncological prognosis and 2-year functional result of locally advanced rectal adenocarcinoma.30 October 2024
October's Paper of the Month reports on patient experience of shared decision making (SDM) and decision regret following surgical management of pilonidal disease.30 September 2024
September’s Paper of the Month looks into the findings from a phase 2 trial (NICHE-3) investigating neoadjuvant nivolumab and relatlimab in locally advanced, mismatch repair deficient colon cancer.31 August 2024
August's Paper of the Month aims to systematically review and compare risk prediction algorithms for prolonged postoperative ileus (PPOI) following colorectal surgery.Page 2 of 13