Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent oncological diseases globally, taking 3rd place in incidence general population. High mortality, it also a form whose outcome highly dependable on its stage at diagnosis. Therefore, many countries have adopted more or less successful screening process to ensure early diagnosis and, turn, higher survival rates and better results overall. The C...

Abstract Aims Presenting 139 repairs by 4 specialised surgeons, mostly of moderate/high complexity. Material & Methods Prospective study (EVEREG registry). Results 65 men. 65.49 (35–93) year-old. Middle BMI 30.31 kg/m2 (52%≥30). 96.4% ASA II/III. Hernias: 113 midline, 15 lateral, 11 combined. Mean defects 86.25cm2 (2–480). 29 W3, 92 W2, paraostomal, 34 recurrent. 9 received botulinum toxin....

Background: Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in the world which is mainly caused by epigenetic and environmental factors. Among these epigenetic factors, gut microbiota is an important one. Although it has not been proved a unique group of bacteria correlated with colorectal cancer, these findings have generally demonstrated differences between healthy and disease gut microbio...

It is shown that a hyperbolic knot in the 3-sphere admits at most nine integral surgeries yielding 3-manifolds which are reducible or whose fundamental groups are not infinite word-hyperbolic.

BACKGROUND This cohort study examined the impact of the lengths of lookback and confirmation periods as well as the definition of confirmatory events on the number of incident cancer cases identified and age-standardized cumulative incidences (ACI) estimated in administrative data using German cancer registry data as a benchmark. METHODS ACI per 100,000 insured persons for breast, prostate an...

obstruction symptoms, the incidence of C. difficile infection has been reported to be increased to 29% [2]. In geriatric patients who have received colorectal surgery, the cause of the development of C. difficile colitis is thought to be the deterioration of host immune system, nonetheless, more comprehensive mechanisms are a subject to study. The reason that oral metronidazole is favored over ...

BACKGROUND The laparoscopic approach for colorectal pathologies is becoming more widely used, and surgeons have had to learn how to perform this new technique. The purpose of this work is to study the indicators of the learning curve for laparoscopic colectomy in a community hospital and to find when the group begins to improve. METHODOLOGY From January 1 2005 to December 31 2012, 313 consecu...