BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to compare the survival of patients receiving laparoscopic vs. open radical resection for stage II colon cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS Two hundred and twenty patients with stage II colon cancer were enrolled from Beijing Chaoyang Hospital of Capital Medical University from January 2000 to December 2009, including 61 patients in the laparoscopic radical resec...

AIM The standard of care for acute uncomplicated diverticulitis used to be an elective colon resection after the second or third episode. This practice was replaced by a more conservative and individualized approach. This study investigates current surgical practice in the treatment of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis in Switzerland. METHOD Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of all hosp...

BACKGROUND Our previous experience with colon injuries suggested that operative decisions based on a defined algorithm improve outcomes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity of this algorithm in the face of an increased incidence of destructive injuries observed in recent years. STUDY DESIGN Consecutive patients with full-thickness penetrating colon injuries over an 8-year p...

INTRODUCTION Ileo-sigmoid knotting (ISK) is a rare cause of bowel obstruction in which the ileum twists around the sigmoid colon. It is associated with rapid bowel gangrene and a high mortality rate. Little has been published about this condition in Kenya. The objective was to determine the presentation, management, and outcome of patients with ISK. METHODS A seven year (January 2008-December...

We encountered a patient with colon lymphangioma and performed laparoscopy-assisted ileocecal resection. The patient was a 68-year-old male who visited our hospital for weight loss in May 1999. Since fecal occult blood was positive on close examination, colonoscopy was performed. A light-permeable, transparent, and pedunculated polyp was found in the ascending colon and diagnosed as submucosal ...

Cystic lymphangiomas are benign colonic neoplasms arising from the submucosa. Traditionally, endoscopic resection has been described for smaller lesions, while surgery is reserved for larger symptomatic lesions. We present a case of a 69-year-old asymptomatic individual noted to have a cystic lymphangioma of the colon measuring 5 cm, which was successfully removed with endoloop endoscopic resec...

At present, standard adjuvant treatment for patients with stage III colon cancer after surgical resection is represented by 6 months of chemotherapy based on 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin regimens. Even elderly patients enjoy the benefit of chemotherapy in terms of superior overall survival with no detrimental effects on quality of life. More questionable is the role of adjuvant chemotherapy for st...

Laparoscopic colon resection has established its role as a minimally invasive approach to colorectal diseases. Better long-term survival rate is suggested to be achievable with this approach in colon cancer patients, whereas some doubts were raised about its safety in rectal cancer. Here we report on our single centre experience of rectal laparoscopic resections for cancer focusing on short- an...

UNLABELLED Colorectal cancer most commonly metastasizes to the liver and lung. Metastatic colon carcinoma (MCC) to the breast is extremely rare. Krukenberg tumor is an uncommon metastatic tumor of the ovary. CASE PRESENTATION A 38 years woman presented with abdominal pain. In evaluation colon cancer was diagnosed at stage 3. FOLFOX chemotherapy was done. After one year she developed Krukenber...

Ileocecal resection (ICR) is a commonly required surgical intervention in unmanageable Crohn's disease and necrotizing enterocolitis. However, the impact of ICR, and the concomitant doses of antibiotic routinely given with ICR, on the intestinal commensal microbiota has not been determined. In this study, wild-type C57BL6 mice were subjected to ICR and concomitant single intraperitoneal antibio...