INTRODUCTION Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in western countries. The objective of this systematic review was to show that laparoscopic-assisted colon resection for cancer is not inferior to open colectomy with respect to cancer survival and perioperative outcomes. METHOD We performed a comprehensive literature review. Inclusion criteria were adults aged...

A 50-year-old female patient complained about watery diarrhea for two weeks. Because of back pain nonsteroidal antirheumatics had been prescribed for months before. The endoscopic and radiologic investigation demonstrated a large gastrocolic fistula due to NSAID-induced gastric ulceration and an acid-induced colitis in the transverse colon. Treatment consisted in partial gastric resection and r...

Materials and methods In the period 1973-2003, in our institution, we surgically managed 931 patients for colorectal cancer; 48 patients, 28 males and 20 females, aged 80 years and over (mean age 83.7 years). The tumor was located in the left colon in 20 cases (41.6%), in the rectum in 11 (22.9%) and in the right colon in 17 patients (35.4%). 33 patients (68.7%) were treated with colonic resect...

Radiation-associated colon cancer is a rare clinical entity. We herein describe the case of a patient with radiation-associated colon cancer who had undergone low anterior resection for rectal cancer following preoperative radiotherapy. Certain characteristics of radiation-associated colon cancer are highlighted. The patient was a 48-year-old man who had undergone low anterior resection for rec...

background: the gold standard of the management of rectal cancer in the middle and lower parts is low anterior resection with coloanal anastomosis. about 50% of the patients undergoing this procedure might experience some complications because of the low capacity of the neorectum. the aim of this study was to evaluate ileal j-pouch interposition as a neorectum between the anal canal and the rem...

Abstract Ileostomy is a commonly performed procedure for colon surgeries and the following emergency small or large bowel resection anastomosis. We proposed successful new technique of covering ileal loop without opening it, to decrease stoma reversal-related complications.

The stomach is a very rare location of metastatic deposits. We present case gastric deposit from primary colon cancer. Computed tomography (CT) indicated cancer, but also revealed the presence cancer in region greater curvature and antrum. With progression creation an extraluminal tumor mass, process progresses manner that transversal merges into located stomach. patient underwent subtotal gast...

Abstract Background The prevention of postoperative fibrotic recurrence in Crohn’s disease is still an unsolved problem the management patients undergoing bowel resection due to intestinal strictures. Appropriate murine models are needed examine effect surgery associated factors as well mechanical and microbial alterations after ileocecal on development disease. Methods We developed a model com...

A 40-year-old woman with a 3 cm sigmoid polyp lesion who underwent a laparoscopic colon resection after intraoperative localisation of the lesion using laparoscopic ultrasonography coupled with colour power Doppler is described. She has successful intraoperative detection of the polyp followed by radical laparoscopic removal of the lesion. The advantage of using laparoscopic high resolution ult...

A 51-year-old man was referred for therapy of a submucosal tumor of the sigmoid colon. The lesion had been diagnosed during screening colonoscopy, and biopsies had shown gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). We confirmed a 15-mm submucosal tumor located in the proximal sigmoid colon (●" Fig.1). Endoscopic full-thickness resection was performed with the Full Thickness Resection Device (FTRD; Ov...