Importance Treatment of rectal cancer is shifting toward organ preservation aiming to reduce
surgery-related morbidity. Short-term outcomes of organ-preserving strategies are …

Driven by the aim to avoid a permanent colostomy and also the morbidity and mortality of
major radical surgery for rectal cancer, the proportion of patients with rectal cancer treated …

Background Reoperation rates are high after surgery for hip fractures. We investigated the
effect of a sliding hip screw versus cancellous screws on the risk of reoperation and other …

Background Recently, excellent results are reported on laparoscopic lavage in patients with
purulent perforated diverticulitis as an alternative for sigmoidectomy and ostomy. The …

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the management and outcome of local
recurrences after transanal endoscopic microsurgery for T1 rectal cancer. METHODS …

Objective: To determine the effect of biological mesh closure on perineal wound healing
after extralevator abdominoperineal resection (eAPR). Background: Perineal wound …

Background Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) is a technically demanding key
technique in minimally invasive rectal surgery. We investigated the learning curve of …

Importance The role of primary tumor resection (PTR) in synchronous patients with
metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who had unresectable metastases and few or absent …

Objective Non-randomised studies suggest that endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) is
equally effective in removing large rectal adenomas as transanal endoscopic microsurgery …

Background Accurate staging of rectal tumors is essential for making the correct treatment
choice. In a previous study, we found that loss of 17p, 18q and gain of 8q, 13q and 20q …