Colon and Rectal
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Pain scores point to hospital quality in colorectal surgery
Patient-reported pain scores may reflect broader features of a hospital’s surgical performance.
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Six factors predicted poor surgical outcomes in toxic colitis
Key clinical point: Older age, female sex, preoperative azotemia, chronic steroid use, preoperative respiratory failure, and coagulopathy...
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ACS: Watchful waiting for some rectal cancers almost ready for ‘prime time’
Key clinical point: Organ preservation seems to be a valid option when locally advanced rectal cancers respond completely to neoadjuvant therapy....
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ACS: No clear answers to black patients’ worse rectal cancer outcomes
Median survival was 109.6 months among white patients and 85.8 months among black patients with rectal cancer.
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ACS: Loop ileostomy may give IBD colitis patients an alternative to urgent colectomy
Diverting loop ileostomy may be a better option than urgent colectomy as the first surgical step for medically refractory severe ulcerative...
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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.