Colon and Rectal
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VIDEO: A better option for C. difficile toxic megacolon
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VIDEO: Dialysis-dependent patients face rocky road after colorectal surgery
The odds of emergency surgery were sevenfold higher in dialysis-dependent patients undergoing colorectal surgery than patients with renal...
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Lavage does not reduce severe complications in perforated diverticulitis
Cohort studies suggested that laparoscopic lavage could result in less morbidity, but a randomized trial found no difference in severe...
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High death rates for IBD patients who underwent emergency resections
Key clinical point: Patients with IBD were about five to eight times more likely to die after emergency intestinal resection as opposed to...
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Damage control laparotomy an option for nontrauma secondary peritonitis
Damage control laparotomy is a safe and reliable approach to the surgical management of patients with severe nontrauma secondary peritonitis who...
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Modifiable risk factors foretell colonic anastomotic leak
Several modifiable risk factors predicted the development of anastomotic leak following elective colon resection.
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Intestinal obstruction risk increased in some childhood cancer survivors
Childhood cancer survivors are at an increased risk for developing an intestinal obstruction requiring surgery (IOS) 5 or more years after the...
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Are oral antibiotics enough to reduce colorectal surgery infections?
Conventional use of mechanical bowel preparation for colorectal surgery may need to be reconsidered in light of findings that show it is not...
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Elderly LARC patients had similar nCRT outcomes to younger patients
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ERAS protocol cuts colorectal surgery morbidity, SSIs
Key clinical point: Through an ERAS protocol, attention to details and small multiple changes can result in dramatic improvements in patient...
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Elective colectomy topped medical therapy for advanced ulcerative colitis
Elective colectomy had better survival rates than medical therapy for patients older than 50 years with advanced ulcerative colitis.