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Editorial

August 29, 2023

Prognostic prediction of colorectal cancer using the C-reactive protein to albumin ratio: the importance of inflammatory biomarkers and their association with long-term outcomes

Chul Seung Lee

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):287-288.

Review

April 11, 2023

Total neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer: a network meta-analysis of randomized trials

Sergey Sychev, Aleksey Ponomarenko, Stanislav Chernyshov, Mikhail Alekseev, Zaman Mamedli, Dmitriy Kuzmichev, Andrey Polynovskiy, Evgeny Rybakov

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):289-300.

Purpose: To assess the efficacy of total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT) for rectal carcinoma in comparison with conventional chemoradiotherapy (CRT). Methods: A systematic review was performed according to the PRISMA guidelines. A...

Review

August 29, 2023

Total neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer: evidence and challenge

Suk-Hwan Lee

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):301-306.

Recent advances in the management of rectal cancer have dramatically changed the clinical practice of colorectal surgeons because the main focus of rectal cancer treatment has changed from sphincter-saving to...

Original Article

October 11, 2022

International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons survey of surgeons’ preference on rectal cancer treatment

Audrius Dulskas, Philip F. Caushaj, Domas Grigoravicius, Liu Zheng, Richard Fortunato, Joseph W. Nunoo-Mensah, Narimantas E. Samalavicius

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):307-314.

Purpose: Rectal cancer treatment has a wide range of possible approaches from radical extirpative surgery to nonoperative watchful waiting following chemoradiotherapy, with or without, additional chemotherapy. Our goal was to...

Original Article

June 13, 2022

Clinical impact of C-reactive protein to albumin ratio of the 7th postoperative day on prognosis after laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery

Masahiro Kataoka, Kuniyuki Gomi, Ken Ichioka, Takuya Iguchi, Tomoki Shirota, Arano Makino, Ko Shimada, Kiyotomi Maruyama, Motohiro Mihara, Shoji Kajikawa

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):315-325.

Purpose: C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) has been utilized as a prognostic factor in various carcinomas. We investigated the relationship between preoperative, postoperative day (POD) 1, and POD 7...

Original Article

November 14, 2022

Does transanal endoscopic microsurgery affect rectal function?

Evgeniy Khomyakov, Stanislav Chernyshov, Oksana Fomenko, Evgeny Rybakov

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):326-331.

Purpose: Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) is the most standardized method for the local excision of rectal neoplasms. Unfortunately, local excisions of rectal lesions by means of TEM are not completely...

Original Article

November 14, 2022

Recurrence following transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer: a monocentric retrospective series of technically difficult cases

Jonathan Frigault, Geneviève Morin, Sébastien Drolet, Philippe Bouchard, Alexandre Bouchard, Thanh-Quan Philips Ngo, François Letarte

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):332-341.

Purpose: Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) has been proposed to overcome surgical difficulties encountered during rectal resection, especially for patients having high body mass index or low rectal cancer. The...

Original Article

June 3, 2022

Body composition index obtained by using a bioelectrical impedance analysis device can be a predictor of prolonged operative time in patients undergoing minimally invasive colorectal surgery

Ho Seung Kim, Kwang Ho Kim, Gyoung Tae Noh, Ryung-Ah Lee, Soon Sup Chung

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):342-350.

Purpose: Obesity has been known to contribute to technical difficulties in surgery. Until now, body mass index (BMI) has been used to measure obesity. However, there are reports that BMI...

Original Article

May 16, 2022

Simple mucopexy and hemorrhoidal arterial ligation with and without Doppler guide: a randomized clinical trial for short-term outcome

Mahdi Alemrajabi, Abolfazl Akbari, Sara Sohrabi, Mohammad Rezazadehkermani, Mohammad Moradi, Shahram Agah, Mohsen Masoodi

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):351-356.

Purpose: Hemorrhoids are the most common benign anorectal diseases. Mucopexy strengthens the anal canal mucosa, which can be performed alone or in combination with Doppler-guided hemorrhoidal artery ligation (DG-HAL). In...

Technical Note

February 9, 2023

Endoscopic transstomal stent insertion: a novel approach for a stenosed stoma in a challenging patient

Feras Aljarad, Ashutosh Gumber, Anne Marie McLeary, Kawan Shalli

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):357-361.

Transstomal stent deployment to maintain the patency of stoma in a challenging patient who developed stoma stenosis, is a minimal invasive, novel technique. This is a new and alternative approach...

Case Report

July 21, 2021

A fecalith mimicking a bladder calculus secondary to an appendicovesical fistula: a case report

Mauricio Gonzalez-Urquijo, Andrea Romero-Davila, MaryCarmen Mendoza-Silva, Antonio Nassim Halun Treviño, Mario Rodarte-Shade, Gerardo Gil-Galindo

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):362-365.

An appendicovesical fistula is defined as an abnormal communication between the appendix and the urinary bladder, with only a few cases reported in the literature. It is very challenging to...

Case Report

August 9, 2021

A case report of a colouterine fistula treatment: when the patient chooses the steeplechase

Stefano Pontone, Pier Giorgio Nardis, Chiara Eberspacher, Domenico Mascagni

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):366-370.

Colouterine fistula is a rare disease that is primarily treated using surgical approaches. Although invasive surgery is controversial in terms of techniques and results, minimally invasive endoscopic treatments have not...

Letter to the Editor

March 15, 2023

Newer procedures need to demonstrate efficacy in high complex anal fistulas

Pankaj Garg

Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39(4):371-372.

Current Issue: Vol. 39(4); Aug 2023

Journal Impact Factor 3.1

Laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with aortocaval lymphadenectomy, and pelvic peritoneum partial resection for ascending colon cancer. Ann Coloproctol. 2023;39:283-286

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